What's your resting heart rate?

[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

[Catrin]

My resting heart rate ranges from the high 50's to 62, it has improved greatly over the last 2.5 years!

[marni]

last time I was at the dr. the nurse reached over and peeled back my eyelid to see if I was still alive. Apparently she was alarmed that it was only 45. She took it three times with the same result. Unfortunately, my bmi defines me as overweight although I have shrunk from a womans 22 xl to a petite 8-10 . It all depends on how it is measured, by the pincer method or by straight tape measure measurements. By the pincer method I am at 19 %, by the measurement I am 24% and overweight. I tend to go more by how I feel and how my clothes fit.

It's all so much incantations and chicken fat. I will die when I am fated to die, overweight or underweight, aerobically fit or no.

marni

[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.

[OakLeaf]

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/h...tml?ref=health

[GLC1968]

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/h...tml?ref=health

Interesting.

Though, when I was my most overweight and very out of shape (about 2 years ago - BMI obese, BF above 30%, could barely run for 3 minutes straight), my RHR was still in the low 40's.

A low RHR in an of itself is not an indicator of good health. Just like BMI or any other metric, it's only one tool in the tool box and the whole picture needs to be evaluated.

[indysteel]

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.

Yeah, I've been tracking it a lot more closely lately. I even have an app on my iPhone that measures it.

[GrooverBrisbane]

Yeah, I've been tracking it a lot more closely lately. I even have an app on my iPhone that measures it.

I usually stick with the good old-fashioned finger-on-the-pulse counting... LOL

[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.