I'm just doing some personal research, What is your resting pulse/Heart Rate in beats per minute? Mine is on an average of 3 readings 41, 40, 42.
So 41 BPM.
How would you rate your cardio exercise activity level?
A - Very Low - sofa king lazy
B - Low - walk a bit, not much high intensity
C - Medium, jog or swim once a week
D - Medium High - Jog, run, swim 2-3 times a week
E - High 5 times a week o running/swimming
F - exercise daily
I'd put myself at E.
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After a 7 day ECG a couple of years ago it was deemed nothing was up. But I must admit, it still worries me regarding the gym and stuff.
Probably go for D myself; 3 times a week.
Do you partake at a high/elite level of sport by any chance? 41 is a very low and good Heart Rate?
Another good indicator of fitness is your training heart zones, 60-80% of a properly worked out HRmax.
60 - E
I would put myself at C these days though I am beginning to get myself back to D. My resting heart rate is normally somewhere between 51-54 although this crappy app thing I have just tried is saying 47, but I think it was just guessing ;-)
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I measured mine three times last week over the period of the week over night with my Garmin HR strap.
Averaging out over a 7hr kip, my resting HR is between 46-47bpm.
2 months ago when training for the Paris Marathon, it was between 44bpm but thats to be expected as I've put on 5lbs since.
I train 4-5 times a week cardio-based and do a good 3-4hrs of strength training a week too.
If you're interested, my VO2 max was measured back in March in lab tests and was 47 ml/kg/min. Not bad for a 38yo former fat bloke who was smoking 40-a-day.
My MaxHR, measured in the lab, was a little above the value calculated from the bog standard formula of 220bpm - age.
So currently I'm 47E.
Not bad bearing in mind I hit 59 years old in August. Mnd you, don't want my heart rate too low - that is otherwise known as death :-)
Is it just me or are some of the posts on this thread a little egocentric?
I am currently training to be a run leader and I want to help lower peoples rp's to help prove that they are improving even though it doesn't always feel it!
Unbelievable
HR - 54
Activity- D (currently training for my 6th Marathon...) - being a dad & granddad limits training to 3 x week...lol!!!
Egocentric? I wouldnt say so tbh. Some people take their fitness more seriously than others, each to their own. I take mine seriously so I've had the tests done which have helped my training significantly. I done the LIRF (Leadership in running fitness) course in April and that was to be a run leader, giving me a licence to coach the couch to 5k/10k plans and to lead groups at my running club. It was only a 1 day course but it was great and I learnt a lot.
I can see where you're coming from with the resting HR but there are so many factors which influences it, you'd need to get them to measure their own first thing each mornjng before getting out of bed otherwise you'll get more than a few anomolies in the data.
His lung capacity was 7.8 litres, compared to an average of 6 litres.
While his resting pulse was as low as 28 BPM, compared to an average 60–72 BPM.
Edit and mine is 39 by the way. Or at least I think it is because I lost count at that point.
Used to be about 60 when I was a fat bastard.
I'd put myself at an E
Maybe it just comes across that way - it seems as bizarre as comparing IQs or dick sizes.
In any case, everyone's heart is different. For instance, my max hr (173) is much lower than a lot of other people my age with my weight, min hr and exercise frequency and intensity.
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Regarding IQ measuring, anyone who relies upon a number to know that they're intelligent is, on the contrary, far from intelligent in my eyes. I had similar assessments growing up from an education psychologist and always came in the top 2% - but even then I understood that those assessments mean very little, so I've never felt the need to try and get a little bit of paper and a number to wave about as an adult.
As for dick size? Once again, that's so far off the mark of what's going on in this thread! Your super slow heart rate doesn't make the ladies want to be with you and the men want to be you! Have you read some of these posts and thought "Oh wow, that chaps heart beats less than once per second on average - he's a lucky son of a bitch!"?
The general examples of pissing contests, like both IQ and dick size, generally point towards something that is to be envied - or something that one could feel insecure about; "judgemental factors" if you like. Nobody will own up to having an IQ below their age, nor will anyone own up to having a dick that requires the butchering of surgical gloves to find a suitable condom! Whereas heart rate? It's a hidden thing, something we don't really think about and nor are we judgemental about! I've come on this thread and owned up to having a RHR of 90+ whilst only being 21, it's obviously something I don't feel too insecure about!
Comparing resting heart rate doesn't allude to the status of someone (i.e like IQ, or a persons salary) nor does it link in that heavily to physical attributes if we're quite honest. (For example; as much as I love Mo Farah, I'm sure his resting heart rate is incredibly low - but would I want to look like him? No, he's a weeee bit too skinny.)
Pumping blood around our body when we rest is just something our hearts do, and it is quite interesting to see the correlation between exercise regimens and the heart rates associated with them. Comparing the rate at which our hearts do it should, in my opinion, be welcomed and encouraged. RHR can suggest obvious cardiovascular issues, but furthermore, there's evidence that also suggests it may be a good indicator of overall mortality - even with cardiovascular issues removed from the equation.
With this in mind, anything that gets you thinking about your heart is a positive to me. Besides, I'm actually finding some of the posts pretty interesting.
Anyway, he is now training as a medic and was recently involved in doing some sort of research on the heart and exercise. Turns out he now wants to "de-train" because the research shows that obsessive exercise puts too much strain on the heart and, as it is largely a muscle, the more you do it the more knackered it gets. He went on about fibrosis in particular.
So I therefore don't feel so bad being a category B and 70BPM.
I dont have a heart anyway. I am heartless. Like the Heartless crew en it
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/resting-heart-rate-chart.html
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70bpm