What's your resting heart rate?

[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

[Anelia]

My doctor also checks my heart very thoroughly because my reasting heart rate is 35-37. She says my heart is like a turtle's. If you don't believe me... (I'm sorry for the big picture). My HR monitor is correct, I double check it with the finger on the wrist, too.
I'm 33 and my BMI is 18,7 but I don't believe in BMI, it's the muscle/fat ratio that matters. And of course aerobic fitness and gneteics. I have difficulties raising my HR, the hard zone for me is over 160-165.

[gnat23]

I always had this vision of people with resting heart rates in the 30's, I mean, that's a beat every two seconds, right? It's slow, but I just imagine it's like a cannon going off every time. (ba-BOOM! .. ba-BOOM! .. )

-- gnat! (she of hummingbird heart)

[malkin]

I think they use BMI because the data are all available for a large population sample.

Is your insurance set up so your premium changes with your BMI?

[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

[indysteel]

[QUOTE=GrooverBrisbane;619615]I usually stick with the good old-fashioned finger-on-the-pulse counting... LOL[

I'm bad with math!

[OakLeaf]

I'm bad with math!

More accurate if you count the full minute anyway.

[GrooverBrisbane]

More accurate if you count the full minute anyway.

Agree. Always count the full minute! Sometimes I need three attempts though because I keep falling asleep... Counting is so soothing! "blush"