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Resting heart rate

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Puffypuffin · 18/09/2023 22:37

If you are a fitness tracker wearing 56 year old, what is your usual resting heart rate?

A work colleague was talking about this today and theirs is a full 10 BPM lower than mine!

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LubaLuca · 19/09/2023 07:19

Mine's about 75bpm usually, within the normal range. I'm active, not overweight, but I am anaemic.

MonikerBing · 19/09/2023 07:23

Mine's 54-6 and I'm 53. A little bit heavier than I'm used to and less fit at the moment although still pretty slim and active. I don't sleep in my watch and that's the day time resting rate (that Apple calculates for me).

RenegadeKeeblerElf · 19/09/2023 07:32

Mine is around 47, I'm 43 and not particularly fit (starting to exercise more but still obese). I think it must be genetic as my father has a similarly low heart rate and he is very unfit and very obese.

CharlotteBog · 19/09/2023 07:32

Over the last 12 months my resting hr average (not including sleep) is 55.
I am 52 and do lots of exercise and am very slim.
I don't wear the tracker at night as 1) it annoys me and 2) my sleep is all over the place; I don't need a device to tell me what I already know.

RenegadeKeeblerElf · 19/09/2023 07:33

And just to add, that resting is often during the day when I am driving or sitting at my desk, not asleep. In my sleep it can drop into the 30s

CharlotteBog · 19/09/2023 07:33

Userwithallthenumbers · 18/09/2023 23:51

Resting heart rate should be measured when you first wake up, not after sitting on the sofa chilling for a bit.

I am 51, my RHR is often below 50. I am not an elite athlete, but I am fit for age - sub50 minute 10km fit.

I always find my hr in waking is quite high, I think it's the shock of the alarm!

MagpiePi · 19/09/2023 07:39

I’m 55.
Resting HR including sleeping is generally 40-43. Awake RHR is about 54/ 55.

I walk and swim quite a lot and run about 5/6km 3 times a week.

I’m not as strong and fit as I used to be and a bit fatter than I need to be, and would class myself as a plodder rather than an athlete!

Bubbles254 · 19/09/2023 07:40

Mine is 54, it has dropped from 57 earlier this year since I started exercising more. Still not very fit though and I find coffee actually reduces it!

FlickyCrumble · 19/09/2023 07:47

My resting is 56. I’m overweight. I guess that’s why the doctor did it twice and asked if it’s normal for me. I’m no athlete although can walk miles daily, so I think he was worried something else could be wrong.

Startstruck · 19/09/2023 07:54

Mune runs at about 41, unless I'm unwell or have competed the day before. I'm 53. I've always had very low blood pressure, even when I was unfit though, not sure if that's connected?

My tracker's RHR measurement is actually higher when I wear it to bed than when I just monitor during the day.

Thisgooddog · 19/09/2023 08:02

We can add a characteristic to the typical mumsnetter - they’re all elite athletes 😂

CharlotteBog · 19/09/2023 08:04

Thisgooddog · 19/09/2023 08:02

We can add a characteristic to the typical mumsnetter - they’re all elite athletes 😂

I am not elite but I do have running trophies!

CharlotteBog · 19/09/2023 08:04

I suspect the thread title enticed a certain demographic!

Saverage · 19/09/2023 08:07

Just measured mine. I'm 54 years old, 66bpm. Which is 'good' on that heart chart. That seems about right - I don't exercise but I eat OK, am only a couple of pounds overweight, and walk a few miles every day.

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