Sitting (NOT Resting) - there is a difference - Heart Rate for 50+'rs
Sitting Heart Rate:
Since very few folks measure or care to measure their "resting heart rate" lets find out what some of our sitting heart rates are.
For this survey, let's define "Sitting Heart Rate" as heart rate just sitting and doing nothing.
This is an anonymous poll.
Also, if you know, what is your blood pressure at the same time? PLease tell us below about your BP/Sitting Heart Rate. Also, if you happen to know your resting heart rate, please share.
This is a person's heart rate at rest. The best time to find out your resting heart rate is in the morning, after a good night's sleep, and before you get out of bed.
The heart beats about 60 to 80 times a minute when we're at rest. Resting heart rate usually rises with age, and it's generally lower in physically fit people. Resting heart rate is used to determine one's training target heart rate. Athletes sometimes measure their resting heart rate as one way to find out if they're overtrained. The heart rate adapts to changes in the body's need for oxygen, such as during exercise or sleep.
DnvrFox
09-07-06, 05:42 AM
My sitting heart rate was 55 this morning - lowest ever since my ablation one year ago. After the ablation it went up to about 70, but has been coming down ever since. Also, my blood pressure associated with that was 102/68, which is also a record low for me.
BlazingPedals
09-07-06, 05:58 AM
My resting HR at my physical last month was 58. That qualifies as 'bradycardia,' although that's just a classification, not a diagnosis of a problem - the doc and I both know it's because of my biking. It's in the low 40s when I wake up. As far as blood pressure, it was 2 points lower than 20 years ago, which is to say essentially unchanged, at 126/84. My cholesterol is a bit on the high side, and recently went off the statins because they caused major strength loss, which I figure will take me 2 years to recover from. In this case, the cure was worse than the disease.
My normal weekly training ride - the hard one - is a 30 miler, with the first half at 75% and the last half often at 95% or better. Last night, it was around 97% for the last 15 miles. Finished with a 30 mph sprint and then just about collapsed.
DnvrFox
09-07-06, 06:08 AM
My resting HR at my physical last month was 58.
I'm curious as to how your doc took your "resting" heart rate at a physical, as resting heart rate is supposed to be your heart rate first thing in the morning while still in bed?
NoRacer
09-07-06, 06:35 AM
The last time I measured my resting heart rate was about a week ago. I was at 39 BPM. Sitting, I can be up 5-10 beats from RHR.
p8rider
09-07-06, 07:06 AM
My resting heart rate is 31-33. I checked it this summer. I would put on my hrm when I first woke up.
Sitting hr varies in the mid 40's if I have been sitting awhile the the low 50's if I am getting up and down and walking about. BP yesterday was 118 over 72
Ricardo
09-07-06, 07:27 AM
You people are incredibly fit or I am incredibly unfit. My sitting heart rate is usually over 60 and I am 26 years old. I am 20 pounds overweight but right now Im in a weight loss program and I've lost four pounds, but I didn't know I was so bad at the fitness dept.
Sorry fot the rambling,
Ricardo
Trsnrtr
09-07-06, 07:38 AM
My lowest rate comes about 9:30-10:00 AM, not upon waking, though I always hear that. I don't use a hrm because I seem to have a very volatile heart rate and hrms drive me crazy watching them shoot from low to high during any kind of ride that I do. FWIW, I've been up since 6:00 AM and it's now 8:37 AM. My resting heart rate is currently 46 and I've had 4 cups of coffee. What does that mean? Absolutely nothing. Mental masturbation.
dauphin
09-07-06, 07:50 AM
Got up about 6am...move around quite a bit...and had some caffiene. Sitting down now and wearing the hrm the lowest reading I see now is 55.
DnvrFox
09-07-06, 08:00 AM
You people are incredibly fit or I am incredibly unfit. My sitting heart rate is usually over 60 and I am 26 years old. I am 20 pounds overweight but right now Im in a weight loss program and I've lost four pounds, but I didn't know I was so bad at the fitness dept.
Sorry fot the rambling,
Ricardo
We just lie a lot! :D
Actually, the interesting thing is that your resting heart rate generally increases with age!
On the other hand, there is usually a natural selection in this sort of poll, as people who know about and measure their heart rates are generally those with the better rates, as they have a high degree of interest in their fitness and have good fitness habits.
BTW, welcome to the 50+ forum.
Trsnrtr
09-07-06, 08:36 AM
On the other hand, there is usually a natural selection in this sort of poll, as people who know about and measure their heart rates are generally those with the better rates, as they have a high degree of interest in their fitness and have good fitness habits.
That seems to be true. It's probably a positive feedback thing. Also, fit people seem to notice and worry about pains and such. I always figured that it's not because they are hyperchondriacs or anything but just more in tune with their body and sub-consciously monitoring it all of the time.
Dennis
NoRacer
09-07-06, 10:17 AM
BTW, welcome to the 50+ forum.
Whoops--didn't check the origin of this post! I'm NOT WORTHY! I still have a year and 3 months before turning 50.
DnvrFox
09-07-06, 10:47 AM
Pretty nice Bell curve!
BlazingPedals
09-07-06, 10:47 AM
I'm curious as to how your doc took your "resting" heart rate at a physical, as resting heart rate is supposed to be your heart rate first thing in the morning while still in bed?
Oops, I should have said my "sitting" heart rate was 58. I've never broken into the 30s for a resting HR, but I've seen 43 before. I don't normally look at my HR before getting out of bed, but I'm thinking of doing so next year as an aid to planning my training rides.
dauphin
09-07-06, 01:28 PM
I wonder if I wear my hrm to bed and then check it when I wake up if that will make all that big of a difference. I also wonder if the alarm clock startling me would bump the rate up a bit...
SoonerBent
09-07-06, 02:30 PM
Sitting HR was 51 just now. My resting HR a couple days ago was 44.
SB
zonatandem
09-07-06, 05:41 PM
Age 74; avid cyclist. Normal sitting heart rate is very low 50s.
The day I was told I had cancer, checked my heart rate after the news: 49!
Right now: 52 bpm.
CheeseLouise
09-07-06, 08:10 PM
I actually have a pulse oximeter and my sitting heart rate while sitting at the computer is 45 with 98% for my Sp02 (oxygen saturation)! GASP a few months ago the sitting HR would be around 85 and a few years ago it would have been 100!
Cycling plus weight loss = happy heart!
Linda
Grampy™
09-07-06, 08:32 PM
Mine is 38..... wait you mean a whole minute?:D
I'm just glad it's beatin' every morning...... I really don't care how fast. :D
Big Paulie
09-07-06, 08:51 PM
I'm just glad it's beatin' every morning...... I really don't care how fast. :D
:D :D :D
dauphin
09-08-06, 09:47 AM
I wonder if I wear my hrm to bed and then check it when I wake up if that will make all that big of a difference. I also wonder if the alarm clock startling me would bump the rate up a bit...
Tried this today and my heart rate was actually higher. Instead of 55 it was 60.
ranger5oh
09-08-06, 10:22 AM
mine is about 63
phoebeisis
09-08-06, 10:57 AM
My HR sitting is usually 60-75. For folks over 50 years old, HR under 50 will make your MD do a double take,and maybe some additional testing. Older folks are more likely to develope problems that will slow their HR.Of course, it can just be the result of training-increased stroke volume can be more efficient that increased HR. Luck,Charlie
stonecrd
09-08-06, 11:00 AM
Tried this today and my heart rate was actually higher. Instead of 55 it was 60.
What were you dreaming about?
Dogbait
09-08-06, 11:09 AM
My resting HR is usually in the low 40's but I don't measure it very often.
A typical reading taken within an hour of getting up in the morning is:
HR 47 (sitting)
BP 130/76
I take BP medication (Lisinopril 5mg daily) and Lipitor (10mg daily). my most recent Cholesterol was 148.
stapfam
09-08-06, 12:14 PM
My resting heart rate is in the high 60's. Did once get it down to 61 but as soon as I looked at the monitor- it went back up to 68. OK- I've had a bypass. When the Angina attack hit- The ambulance staff were worried that I had a heart rate as low as 45. and on went the sirens and get me to ITU as soon as possible- I stayed in that for 8 hours till the HR got back up to 60.
Heart rate will vary fronm person to person, and those of us with a higher heart rate will not have a problem as long as the pressure is within bounds and it is normal for you.
Artkansas
09-08-06, 04:11 PM
Whoops--didn't check the origin of this post! I'm NOT WORTHY! I still have a year and 3 months before turning 50.
It's okay. Being 50 is not essential. But we do require that eventually you will turn 50. If you have not turned 50 and have no intentions of eventually turning 50 then we must ask you to leave.
dauphin
09-08-06, 05:40 PM
I just have to say that my resting heart rate jumped dramatically when the BF servers were down this afternoon....:eek:
67walkon
09-09-06, 04:23 PM
I will be 57 in about a month. My sitting HR varies from about 37 to 44, depending on the time of day. Yes, it freaks doctors out.
I also sometimes have atrial fibrillation, although I haven't had an episode for 8 or 9 months. The episodes I have usually start at night and end in the morning. The docs have never restricted my exercise, but if I have a sleepless night due to afib, I don't do much.
Before I figured out how to deal with the afib, a doctor stuck me in the hospital with it. They give you meds to slow your HR. The afib stopped, but they continued the intravenous meds. My HR kept going down to around 30, which sets off all sorts of alarms in a cardiac unit. Once I convinced them to stop the IV, my rate was still only in the high 30's, and a nurse told me I needed a pace maker.
Today, I rode a little over 30 miles at an average of 15.2 mph, with an average HR of 108. I think my heart is okay.
John
Carusoswi
09-10-06, 09:50 AM
45 here. Never bothered to check it before. I am certain it has improved since I have been back into cycling so much.
Caruso
TysonB
09-10-06, 10:47 AM
Denver,
51 bpm
56 years old
6' x 200 lbs
BUT, I am disqualified . . . I wasn't "not doing anything!" I was on Bike Forums avoiding doing the dishes!
Tyson
Cushing, Oklahoma
stapfam
09-10-06, 11:10 AM
Already replied that I am up in the high 60's but on my coffee break this morning after around 20 miles- I started at a rate of 105- This very quickly dropped to 80 and eventually to 75. Back home and I was shatterred so lay on the settee resting my eyes and the alarm on the Monitor went off within 2 minutes. I hadn't missed any of the F1 racing. The alarm is set to 65. It did drop to 61 after a while so I am more pleased that my recovery time to get to low resting rate was only 10 minutes after finishing the ride. Why it didn't do it at the coffee braek I don't know. Must have been all the young girls that were on the table next to me.