John_V 

True! But by clinical definition, bradycardia is a heart rate below 60 bpm. Lots of people on this forum with asymptomatic bradycardia having resting heart rates of less than 60. It's very common for physically active people to have clinical bradycardia.

HAMMER MAN

Well I am hypothyroid and take 100 mcg of levothyroxine . I do have high BP and they also told me I have mitrial valve prolapse which in itself is not a big issue. What prompted me to call and set the appointment up was I do use a C-pap and I have woken up in the middle of the night with severe chest pain going into my shoulder and arm. Could be acid-reflux as i have that too. But it is better to be safe than sorry.

Rapido

Make this a devoted daily habit. Before you get out of the bed, measure your RHR daily. On mornings after a long hard ride it will be a little faster. Listen to your heart, when it's higher just recover a few days. Get up, go pee, and then also weigh yourself every day.

I like to say my best show-off status symbol is my RHR. Of course the more you train the lower it gets.

79pmooney

I haven't tracked my RHR in many years. I never knew it my racing days in my mid 20. If I could find my pulse (by feel or stethoscope) when I woke up, I wasn't recovered and a rest day was called for.

Ben

Biker395 

Miles/week: ~220
Resting Heart Rate: ~50
Photos/mi: ~0.2

icyclist 

Miles per week: Probably about 25.

Resting heart rate: 44

That's my resting heart rate right now, after having been up for the past ten minute or so, walking into the kitchen, opening cat and dog food cans, giving a cat a pill, making coffee, and cleaning up the kitchen and dinning room table a little bit before sitting down at my computer for 30 seconds.

When I ride more, my heart rate drops a few beats.

VNA

If you feel your heart rate is to high: Possibly and only possibly you are taking too much levoxyl? But of course to be sure check with your endocrinologist. It does elevate the heart rate and the feeling of nervousness! Speaking from experience!

Your pain that you describe does not sound like acid-reflux which I do have as well (the "pleasure" of getting old!!!)

For the others with over 200 miles a week? seriously--week after week 200 miles? that is a lot of time spent on the bike! Don't get me wrong I love cycling, but. . .

Mark Stone

Miles per week 40↑↓
RHR 38 or 39

OldsCOOL

Seasonal update: havent had a cycling routine since September, doing 3 sessions per week on the iron maiden (cycleops trainer), heart rate is 58. Even in the peak of my summer doing intense hillclimbs (Strava is a slavemaster) and in my best condtion HR is still 58. Mine wont go lower, never has.

OldsCOOL

IMy thyroid numbers were crazy high (54) and my RHR never changed from my lifetime norms. But then, I am not the norm. Even on Synthroid 100 the numbers are back near the normal range and RHR is still the same.

Sixty Fiver

My RHR stays around 60 no matter what I am doing... sometimes I ride more and sometimes I ride less but generally aim to average 20 km a day.

When I was in my early 20's it was in the low 50's.

howeeee

I am 61 my resting heart rate is 55, I ride 100 to 120 miles a week, recently started running 12 to 15 miles a week.

VNA

One's thyroid does control your heart rate as well as your metabolism rate and other functions.

There is nothing such as a "norm," when it comes to heart rate that is why I will not put my own or any other numbers because they don't mean a thing!
The only thing that count is your own base line and every one is different!
Bedsides your doctor is the only one who can assess your health, obviously he has the knowledge and the tools, and certainly not on this website!

I should add that a thyroid function is monitored by several factors or numbers and certainly not by one!

OldsCOOL

Right. My RHR hasnt changed since my track star days. I was just commenting on my pulse numbers havent changed through hypothyroid and after meds.

Carbonfiberboy 

I'm not doing many miles right now. I've had a few low mileage weeks in a row, but I've been in the gym on the crosstrainers and weights and on my rollers, so my fitness is actually pretty good. Resting HR 45-51, standing HR 55-68. I was hiking on Sunday and my standing HR during a break was 60. I'm 69 yrs. and usually average about 10 hours/week total training time.

TallTravel

I'm currently climbing 15,000-20,000 vertical feet per week, riding approximately 200 miles per week, and I've been seeing my heart rate between 41-52 lately.

For me, climbing makes a bigger difference than mere miles.

NVanHiker

100 MPW commuting, RHR 70.

surfjimc

RHR now 42
My mileage hasn't changed, but I had to commute for a month or 6 weeks on my CF road bike rather than my touring bike and it completely changed the way I commuted. Speed went way up, I pushed harder, and fitness grew. Went back to the heavy tourer this week, boy what a difference. Speed is down and I have to work harder to feel like I am rolling along at a good clip, but wow, it is so much more comfortable. It will be interesting to see what happens with my fitness now that I am rolling slower. I really notice it in when I accelerate away from a light or a stop sign. I'll update in a month or two if I remember.

VNA

I agree, hills are the best to keep in shape--I have plenty of them around here--I may not be far behind your numbers I would think--really good for the lungs and the legs not to forget those great views!

B. Carfree

Hee hee. I once performed for first-year medical students so they could learn how to take a patient history. (I was presenting with symptoms of AIDS, but relatively subtle ones so that the students had to probe a bit to figure it out.) As part of the exam the poor students had to take bp and HR. Mine was at its normal 35. The student took it twice and then turned to his mentor and asked, "Is that possible?" She simply asked what I did for exercise. When I told her I rode my bike 400 miles per week, she told her student, "Yes, that's quite possible."

Mark Stone

My normal is around 38 to 39, and has been since the mid 1970s. More distant family members are worried . . . One brother-in-law had an "intervention" and told me it wasn't normal, and I needed to go to the emergency room. My regular doctor asked me what my normal heart rate was, and I said "You're lookin' at it." He said he meant when I was not exercising. I shrugged and said I have no way of knowing.

RobertL

I'm 59, this summer I averaged 55 miles a week and my average resting heart rate is also 55. I was starting to break into the upper 40's later in the summer.

digibud

After two cups of coffee this AM it's 49 but I'm on Metroprolol (after two heart attacks) so I'm not entirely sure how much that artificially lowers my HR. It's winter and while I do some outdoor riding mostly I'm spinning indoors so mileage is hard to give. What I do want to mention is that while it's true that everyone will lower their HR as they get more aerobically fit, you can't compare your RHR to other people's RHR. Some folks have a naturally higher RHR than others. Keeping tabs on your own HR is very useful. Fretting about comparisons isn't. (not that anyone HERE would do that...)

RideMyWheel

No drugs, age 50. In April, it was ZERO miles and a resting rate between 72-76.

Six months later: 45 miles per week, 58 BPM.

I didn't know I could feel this good. Can't wait until spring.

zonatandem

Age 82
Miles per week 100 to 125
RHR 56