Related to the poll, I noticed that my resting heart rate is around 78. To be totally honest, I never done a count as soon as I woke up. I did it a few minutes after and after I put on my heart rate monitor. It seems everyone else and their mother has a lower rate than I do. I'm 22 and have been cycling for 6 months. The one improvement I've noticed is that my heart rate drops really quickly when I stop cycling. It will go from 170 to 125 in about 1 to 2 minutes. Do I just have a naturally high heart rate???