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To ask your resting heart rate

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Kate489 · 18/11/2024 17:46

Mine is averaging 55bpm, which Dr Google says is too low unless I'm an athlete. I'm not an athlete. I would manage a 5km in 37 minutes at a push nowadays.

Wondering what yours is?

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Kerplonker · 18/11/2024 18:10

Mine is 50 this week. Aged 48, not very fit but lift weights. I had mine checked by wearing the monitor - there were no issues.
Reading this thread I’m wondering if this another one of those things in which average human really means average male.

Dolly567 · 18/11/2024 18:08

Reading all these has me a little worried now

Mines 86ish sometimes and if I slightly move goes up to 100! I'm only 32

Not overweight?

Reapout · 18/11/2024 18:07

65 which is a lot lower than it used to be, which confuses me as it dropped when I stopped exercise, eating fairly crappy and going through some serious health things, I’d have expected it to go up.

AlmostAJillSandwich · 18/11/2024 18:07

High 90's according to my fitbit. I'm 35.

Delatron · 18/11/2024 18:05

Mid 40s normally though have seen it go as low as 39. Do lots of running (apart from at the moment with this awful virus that’s going round).

RosesAndHellebores · 18/11/2024 18:01

Mine's always high. It's just the way I am.

TiramisuTastesDreamy · 18/11/2024 18:01

43-47 another runner here

RenegadeKeeblerElf · 18/11/2024 18:01

About 48-50 (on my watch but also confirmed manually and by a 24hr ECG). I'm mid 40s and exercise regularly but very fat and unfit. Agree with PP who said to ignore Dr Google. There is a wide range of normal and unless you have other symptoms it's unlikely to be a problem. Mine is likely genetic - my father who is even fatter and less fit (and obviously older!) than me is only a little bit higher (high 50s).

Original poster
Kate489 · 18/11/2024 18:00

Thank you for the responses! This is reassuring!

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cartreffi · 18/11/2024 17:59

Mine averages at 48 according to my watch. Age 47 and reasonably fit.

weareallcats · 18/11/2024 17:59

Mine is also naturally fairly low - usually somewhere between 58 and 62. Definitely not an athlete!

Wednesdaysdrag · 18/11/2024 17:58

65 on average according to my Apple Watch. Did used to be an average of 74 until I started losing weight and exercising.

TheSoapyFrog · 18/11/2024 17:58

Between 86 and 96 bpm

Tophelleborine · 18/11/2024 17:58

45-55. I do run a lot but have also had it checked out and that's just normal for me.

Stretchedresources · 18/11/2024 17:57

About 50. I'm very active and 50yrs old.

doodleschnoodle · 18/11/2024 17:57

60 average according to my Apple Watch.

DecafDodger · 18/11/2024 17:56

48-53. I am a casual exerciser and my doc says I have a heart of a 20yo. (I'm close to 50). It has not always been low though, in fact when I was in my 20s and wouldn't touch sports with a barge pole, it was 75-80. So in my case, some sports seems to have made quite a bit of a difference.

VictorianBigot · 18/11/2024 17:56

My resting HR is anywhere from 80-110, but can be 50 something while asleep according to my old Fitbit.

It’s always been high as I had a heart condition that affected my heart’s electrical conduction system, then had surgery to correct it which was a bit complicated.

bourdain · 18/11/2024 17:56

57

Fireworkwatcher · 18/11/2024 17:55

Mine is 55 at the mo though often under 50 - I’m an occasional runner of 50 with a similar pace to you OP - no athlete

thingymijigi · 18/11/2024 17:54

55bpm and can barely run around the block

kittykarate · 18/11/2024 17:54

Aged 51, not an athlete my fitbit calculates it at 67 today. Usually in the range 64 to 70.

Mischance · 18/11/2024 17:53

Around 45 - I have a known heart problem.

Garlicpest · 18/11/2024 17:53

Around 90. I'm old and sedentary, it used to be a lot less than this! Doc isn't worried, though.

minisomum · 18/11/2024 17:53

Mine is 52 - 58 depending what time of the month it is for me. I am no athlete - I've just always had a relatively low resting heart rate.