What's your resting heart rate?

[VeganBikeChick]

Mine is 42. I posted elsewhere that I wished it counted more than BMI as an indicator of your physical health. We're starting a new health management program at work that will determine our health insurance rates, and while my labwork is stellar (including HR), my BMI is obese for my height/weight. I hate that it's the only tool they use to diagnose your level of health.

[limewave]

My rhr is around 45. And we have the same issue with our health insurance And I too weigh in as obese on the BMI scale. And yet I am quite certain I am far healthier than many a coworker who would fall under "normal weight."

[Crankin]

Mine varies. It's between 45 and 58 when I wake up in the AM, which is usually when I take it. But, it's about 68-72 when I am up and walking around, and it can even get up to 80 if I've had coffee, been running around, stressed. When I was doing yoga regularly, it was at the lower end of this more of the time.

[OakLeaf]

I don't care enough to sleep with a HR strap, and even if I did, I probably wouldn't remember to check it until after I'd had my tea! When I'm driving to a ride it generally settles around 52, so I'd guess that's probably 5-10 bpm over my resting??? Mine also shoots way up into the 70s if I stand or walk, which as I understand it isn't very healthy.

[indysteel]

My resting heartrate varies, but has been tending to run in the low 50s. Over the summer when my thyroid was whack, it was in the 65-75 range and could get to 110 if I was just sitting at my desk. That sucked.

[HillSlugger]

My resting HR is typically in the low, mid 40's. I've been in pre-op and had the nurses starting to worry about me

[GrooverBrisbane]

My resting heartrate varies, but has been tending to run in the low 50s. Over the summer when my thyroid was whack, it was in the 65-75 range and could get to 110 if I was just sitting at my desk. That sucked.

Same here. I've got Hashimotos and taking my resting HR every morning actually got me onto it. I'd probably still be clueless about the Hashimotos if I hadn't noticed the rapid changes and spikes in resting HR.

It can be in the 60-65bpm region when my thyroid plays up. My endocrinologist restricted me to 120bpm and I wasn't allowed to bring my HR up any higher during my rides, which was a challenge because just thinking about riding usually gets me excited!

It's all back to normal now and this morning it was 52bpm, which is low.

[goldfinch]

Mine varies. It's between 45 and 58 when I wake up in the AM, which is usually when I take it. But, it's about 68-72 when I am up and walking around, and it can even get up to 80 if I've had coffee, been running around, stressed. When I was doing yoga regularly, it was at the lower end of this more of the time.

Same here.

[goldfinch]

Mine is 42. I posted elsewhere that I wished it counted more than BMI as an indicator of your physical health. We're starting a new health management program at work that will determine our health insurance rates, and while my labwork is stellar (including HR), my BMI is obese for my height/weight. I hate that it's the only tool they use to diagnose your level of health.

Any way to have your doctor certify that you are not overweight (if in fact you aren't) so that you get the best rate? IIRC, most of these programs are incentive programs to get people to change their behavior. If you are not overweight there is no behavior to change.

My BMI is something like 23. I am no longer within the overweight range but if you look at me you can see that I am a round person. I still have way too much body fat.

[Melalvai]

For several days in a row one week when I woke up I put the strap on and went back to sleep and when I woke up again I looked at the watch. 54, 56, 55. So that was pretty consistent. I'm approaching the high end of normal for my BMI.

[shootingstar]

I have no idea what my resting heart rate is. But had my blood pressure done 2 months ago. Have to dig around in my papers to get the reading for figures. It was pronounced as excellent.

I have never had a heart monitor nor taken my own heart rate. Partially because I never had a problem with my heart rate/blood pressure, so I tend to forget my readings. I never had an interest to wear a heart monitor. But I do have an interest in simply maintaining my weight and regular cycling for my own fitness for....past 2 decades.

Our public health care system is such that both healthy and unhealthy people with respect to their heart rate/condition, wouldn't receive a special "rate" /discount.

Come to think of it, I probably am doing something blasephemous on any cycling/jogging etc. forum as a regular participant --ie. not knowing my heart rate.

[Crankin]

Shooting Star, I don't use my HR monitor anymore for cycling. But I do monitor my resting HR and take it by hand at other times, as an indicator of my overall health and stress level. We have a BP machine at home (digital) that I also use once in awhile. It's important for me to keep an eye on it, as mine can be very low or too high; it's very dependent on my stress level.

[shootingstar]

Dumb as this may seem, I gauge my "heart" fitness by how I can cycle certain hills at certain % grades continuously and onward for awhile without feeling pooped out.
Plus know my weight (vaguely since I weigh myself um... 1-3 times per month. I can see the bathroom scale less than 10 ft. from where I am sitting now at the computer.) and how my clothing fits on me.

'Course it helps that I know how much annual approx. cycling mileage I did too. I probably sound as if I don't care about my health, but would just use other indicators to help myself long term.

[roadie gal]

BMI is a very poor, but easily obtainable measurement. When I was in the army my BMI always came out high, but when they did the actual body fat measurements with the calipers I had a body fat of 18-19%. The BMI doesn't take body composition into account at all. Stupid. End of rant.

I used to have a resting heart rate of about 28. Of course that was right before I got my pacemaker...Now my resting heart rate is 60.