What is your resting heart rate ?
07-06-08, 04:46 AM
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56 having just sat down to read BF ... but I'm a bit of a blob these days :-( (69kg, 172cm)
Lowest I've recorded was 38, 15 years ago when I was cycling everywhere and racing weekends.
Lowest I've recorded was 38, 15 years ago when I was cycling everywhere and racing weekends.
07-06-08, 07:51 AM
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Yet another BF pissing contest. Watch out for those numbers, pretty soon someone will ask for the circumference of everyone's balls and we'll find out that not only do cyclists have very low resting heart rates, but big balls too.
But I am just jealous. Resting heart rate is usually 65 - 69, whenver I take it at my desk. It depends on a lot of factors, though, including hydration, stress and whether the phlebotomist at the Red Cross drive is cute.
But I am just jealous. Resting heart rate is usually 65 - 69, whenver I take it at my desk. It depends on a lot of factors, though, including hydration, stress and whether the phlebotomist at the Red Cross drive is cute.
07-06-08, 07:54 AM
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I just dug out a blood pressure monitor that we got a while ago and took a reading. Unfortunately I don't really have any way of taking a picture of it right now but it was 96/56, 42bpm just now. HR a little high because I just ate. Edit: I don't view this as a "pissing contest" because it doesn't really mean anything. Just like Max HR.
07-06-08, 08:12 AM
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1) Allthough subject to training, Your resting heart rate in large measure is genetic.
2) having a lower RHR does not make you faster or stronger, than someone else with a higher RHR.
3) The reason you may want to track your own RHR is to see if you need to back off on training, (i.e you need a little more rest, or you're getting sick.) and to measure fitness adaptation over time.
If you're not tracking changes in your own RHR regularly, the only value in even knowing it is to brag about it.
2) having a lower RHR does not make you faster or stronger, than someone else with a higher RHR.
3) The reason you may want to track your own RHR is to see if you need to back off on training, (i.e you need a little more rest, or you're getting sick.) and to measure fitness adaptation over time.
If you're not tracking changes in your own RHR regularly, the only value in even knowing it is to brag about it.
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07-06-08, 08:25 AM
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I think it's more genetics... with some influence from exercise. Mine was still low when I was 60lbs overweight and a smoker. BPM says absolutely nothing of cycling ability. I don't race or 'train'. I just like to ride and have plenty of room for improvement - I'm certainly not in the best shape of my life given I'm 15lbs overweight right now as it is.
07-06-08, 08:35 AM
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Mine was 51 last night.
The numbers I use to track fitness recently have been bf% and water weight.
The numbers I use to track fitness recently have been bf% and water weight.
07-06-08, 09:00 AM
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When I recently had my wisdom teeth removed, I told them before they put me under that I had a low heart rate and not to worry. What's low they asked? I replied that mid-30s would not be unexpected. They didn't really believe me--kind of a whatever attitude. They hooked me up to the HR monitor and other equipment and I was in the high 30s. As they started to give me the anaesthetic I saw it drop to the very low 30s. One of the last things I remember before being knocked out was them saying its a good thing I told them or they would have given me something to try to raise it up... I don't ever take a true "resting HR", like when you just get up, but ocassionally I'll have my HRM on when getting ready for a ride, and notice that it is in the low 40s.
If this was a dentist then I believe you.
07-06-08, 09:08 AM
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I've lost 30# and my BP is finally in the normal range. Was told a long time ago I had tachycardia so my resting HR is in the 70s.
07-06-08, 09:29 AM
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Ah yes. I was wondering why solving differential equations and the Reimann Hypothesis just came so much easier when I am exercising intensely.
07-06-08, 09:45 AM
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07-06-08, 10:22 AM
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not necessarily. Heart rates vary greatly. For eg, a lot of pros seem to have low maximum heart rates, yet Armstrong's was about 202, and his time-trail HR was about 188 to 192!
Then there's VO2 (oxygen consumption) verses leg power. Apparently John Stenner (former US time trial champion, I think) had a low VO2, but could smash anyone, including Kent Bostick
Then there's VO2 (oxygen consumption) verses leg power. Apparently John Stenner (former US time trial champion, I think) had a low VO2, but could smash anyone, including Kent Bostick
I always had a slightly high resting heart rate, a VO2 max to match Miguel Indurain (last time I tested), but lacked the ability to put it to good use.
07-06-08, 10:55 AM
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07-06-08, 11:05 AM
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07-06-08, 11:08 AM
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54 @ 56 yrs of age and on B/P meds personally I don't believe it has much to do with fitness on a bike or even over-all fitness more to do with over-taxing your body
07-06-08, 11:09 AM
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Total miles for the year/month/week
Resting heartrate
Max wattage
Average wattage
Top cadence
Weight (both bike and rider)
etc.
07-06-08, 11:11 AM
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Just checked mine. It's 45 . . . no . . . now it's 36 . . . wait . . . now down to 29 . . . hold it . . . now coming in at under 20 bpm . . . I'm not sure, but I thi _____________________________
07-06-08, 11:25 AM
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Yeah, good point. I'm just saying that if a cyclist thinks he's faster or more fit than other cyclists, the quick cure it so go race, then keep upgrading until you don't win anymore. Only a small handful of BF members are actually strong enough to whoop their local elites on occasion.
