low heart rate

[fixedgeargirl]

Hi luvn'! I ride out on 360 but like to get off the highway (Toro Canyon, Redbud, etc.) I've never actually done the Dam Loop. . Let's ride when you're healed up !

[ACG]

BP is normally 100/65, heart rate is 49.

When I gave birth, vaginally, was not working out but my low BP kept setting off the alarms. I get asked if I faint or have dizzy spells all the time by medical personnel. When I was checke for another problem, the low heart rate made them run all kinds of tests. The found nothing by me, a psycho bike woman.

You are not alone, just in good shape!

[fultzie]

my resting hr is dead-on 70 bpm, and max is somewhere around 210. glad to know there are other "freaks"! i always get weird reactions among athlete friends (because you know we all sit around and compare specs like that )

i used to be on asthma meds, which are notorious for jumping your hr, but i've been off them for a year now and the hr hasn't really changed.

bp is low too... does that make sense? (lower bp-> thinner blood-> have to pump more/faster to get the same amount of oxygen through?) though when you're scared/angry don't both usually go up? i can never remember the connection there...

[RoadRaven]

Hmmm... I know my resting heart rate was around 56... not sure what my resting or max is at the mo - haven't used partner HRM for months and months... have asked for one for my birthday...

[betagirl]

Mine is around 55 when I'm riding. When I'm off the bike in the winter, it goes up to around 70. I donated blood and it was 72 and I thought "jeez I'm out of shape!"