What's Your Resting Heart Rate?
07-28-11, 12:03 PM
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What's Your Resting Heart Rate?
Hello again, everyone!
I just got my new Polar FT7 heart rate monitor in the mail today and have been playing around with it quite a bit. I can't wait to take my first ride while wearing it tonight!
I have already found charts on the net that show good/poor/etc. heart rates for males/females in a given age group, but I am curious what some of everyone's here are. Please answer these questions:
1. Age?
2. Height?
3. Weight?
4. Average miles/week ridden?
5. Resting Heart Rate?
Here's mine:
1. 29
2. 5'10"
3. 198
4. 75
5. ~62
I just got my new Polar FT7 heart rate monitor in the mail today and have been playing around with it quite a bit. I can't wait to take my first ride while wearing it tonight!
I have already found charts on the net that show good/poor/etc. heart rates for males/females in a given age group, but I am curious what some of everyone's here are. Please answer these questions:
1. Age?
2. Height?
3. Weight?
4. Average miles/week ridden?
5. Resting Heart Rate?
Here's mine:
1. 29
2. 5'10"
3. 198
4. 75
5. ~62
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44 yrs. male
5'10"
184 lbs
150 miles
45 bpm
5'10"
184 lbs
150 miles
45 bpm
07-28-11, 12:30 PM
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5'10
152
About 13-17 hours (run, mountain bike, road bike)
39-45bpm
5'10
152
About 13-17 hours (run, mountain bike, road bike)
39-45bpm
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5'10"
240#
30+ miles slowly increasing week to week
70"s on the heart rate.
5'10"
240#
30+ miles slowly increasing week to week
70"s on the heart rate.
07-28-11, 07:39 PM
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5'9"
168
100 miles per week
50 BPM
BP is 110/60
I too get light headed when I stand up to fast
5'9"
168
100 miles per week
50 BPM
BP is 110/60
I too get light headed when I stand up to fast
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5'9
175
100-125 miles
58bpm
5'9
175
100-125 miles
58bpm
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6'1"
160lbs
80-150mi
49bpm
resting heart rate was 60'ish when I started cycling a year ago.
6'1"
160lbs
80-150mi
49bpm
resting heart rate was 60'ish when I started cycling a year ago.
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Just out of curiosity, how do you guys measure your resting heart rate?
Do you do it just as you wake up by feeling your pulse? Do you use a heartrate monitor? Do you measure it before / after a workout? Do you measure it on an off day? Or do you measure it every day at the same time and make, say, a weekly average?
Do you measure your rate as you're standing? Sitting? Lying down on a bed?
anyway I guess:
26
5'9''
152
100-125mi
55-56bpm
Do you do it just as you wake up by feeling your pulse? Do you use a heartrate monitor? Do you measure it before / after a workout? Do you measure it on an off day? Or do you measure it every day at the same time and make, say, a weekly average?
Do you measure your rate as you're standing? Sitting? Lying down on a bed?
anyway I guess:
26
5'9''
152
100-125mi
55-56bpm
07-29-11, 03:43 PM
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5'10.5"
152
~250
44-50
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152
~250
44-50
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I'm no expert as I just got my first ever heart rate monitor in the mail yesterday, but I know your resting heart rate can vary if you're sitting up, laying down, etc. It should be the same before and after a workout considering you've given yourself enough time to rest, I believe.
When I measured mine to start the thread, I was sitting at my desk having done no exercise yet.
When I measured mine to start the thread, I was sitting at my desk having done no exercise yet.
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1. 66
2. 5'8"
3. 158
4. 10 hours
5. 48-56 depending on rested or recent hard training
I get up in the morning, pee, get dressed, then lie on the couch for 5 minutes. Then I stand and also record HR after 2 minutes standing: 56-66 depending on training state.
Use a HRM. Every day. Never use an average - graph it. It will follow your workout schedule. Important to make that connection. High resting or standing HR = need to rest a day or two.
2. 5'8"
3. 158
4. 10 hours
5. 48-56 depending on rested or recent hard training
I get up in the morning, pee, get dressed, then lie on the couch for 5 minutes. Then I stand and also record HR after 2 minutes standing: 56-66 depending on training state.
Use a HRM. Every day. Never use an average - graph it. It will follow your workout schedule. Important to make that connection. High resting or standing HR = need to rest a day or two.
07-29-11, 11:11 PM
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1. 42
2. 5'11"
3. 180 (down from 214!)
4. 200-250 miles/week, 3K miles so far this year.
5. 55-65bpm
I take my bpm in the morning via an iPhone HR monitor that shines the flash into your finger and records the blood pulses. I've compared it to my Garmin HR strap and it's pretty much spot on. I usually take it after hitting the snooze...relaxing in bed for 9 minutes...do NOT allow the alarm to startle me again...then take the bpm.
2. 5'11"
3. 180 (down from 214!)
4. 200-250 miles/week, 3K miles so far this year.
5. 55-65bpm
I take my bpm in the morning via an iPhone HR monitor that shines the flash into your finger and records the blood pulses. I've compared it to my Garmin HR strap and it's pretty much spot on. I usually take it after hitting the snooze...relaxing in bed for 9 minutes...do NOT allow the alarm to startle me again...then take the bpm.
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Some impressively low numbers here, especially taking age into account.
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5'8"
120
far less than I normally do....:O About 30 miles. (normally 130)
56 bpm
20
5'8"
120
far less than I normally do....:O About 30 miles. (normally 130)
56 bpm
07-30-11, 06:41 AM
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5'7"
133 down from over 200.
100-250 miles/week depending on opportunity
48-60 bpm
Last was 70/110
5'7"
133 down from over 200.
100-250 miles/week depending on opportunity
48-60 bpm
Last was 70/110
07-30-11, 07:23 AM
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60 yr, male,
5'11"
180 lbs
100 miles
true resting? Don't know; sitting here this morning drinking my coffee it's 41 bpm
5'11"
180 lbs
100 miles
true resting? Don't know; sitting here this morning drinking my coffee it's 41 bpm
07-30-11, 06:52 PM
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1. 60 yrs old
2. 6'0"
3. 198 lbs
4. 250 miles
5. 27 bpm
The 27 bpm is accurate, 1) done in the hospital recovery room with a finger monitoring, 2) checked with my HRM at 4:30am for 5 days before I got up for the gym, 3) prior to my getting a HRM, I also checked it at 4:30am for 1 full minute with my finger. I've had EKG Stress tests, echocardiogram, nothing is every wrong.
2. 6'0"
3. 198 lbs
4. 250 miles
5. 27 bpm
The 27 bpm is accurate, 1) done in the hospital recovery room with a finger monitoring, 2) checked with my HRM at 4:30am for 5 days before I got up for the gym, 3) prior to my getting a HRM, I also checked it at 4:30am for 1 full minute with my finger. I've had EKG Stress tests, echocardiogram, nothing is every wrong.