Anxiety about my low RHR

What does your doctor say? 2nd opinion? Blood work?EKG? What is your Resting BP ? Anything sub 60 diastolic is probably bad, then again, this is why we have board exams

Jared Ward has a RHR of 30. Don't worry.

Blood work including thyroid numbers are all within normal limits. Blood pressure hovers in the normal range 11x/6x. I'm waiting on a second opinion but one doctor was not concerned because my 24 hour holter didn't show any pauses over 3 seconds while I slept. EKG shows a inconplete right Burke branch block which is common in endurance athletes and didn't cause concern for the doctor either. However I still am thinking these numbers are pretty low especially because I live at altitude. I wouldn't want much lower if I ever went to sea level for a vacation or something...

Very low heart rate wrote:

I'm a 25 year old male x-NCAA athlete and I'm beginning to worry about my low heart rate. I'm not sure how low I go during sleep but there are times where I am awake in the middle of the day (sitting down) where my pulse is 38-42 range. When I wake up in the morning I have been as low as 31-32 laying down using a pulse oximeter and hand timing to double check. I'm no longer in racing form but I'm not out of shape either. Is anyone else around these numbers without symptoms? Anyone been around a long time with a low heart rate and no complications? Thanks for any input you guys have.

You have nothing to worry about. I am a middle aged non-college runner that has consistently run since high school. My RHR is in the mid-40s. You clearly have a more intense aerobic background than I. A physical with an EKG might be a good idea but my guess is all the training you have done to date has lead to a low RHR.

I'm definitely no Jared Ward, but it's good to know he is even lower and doing well obviously!

Very low heart rate wrote:

I'm a 25 year old male x-NCAA athlete and I'm beginning to worry about my low heart rate. I'm not sure how low I go during sleep but there are times where I am awake in the middle of the day (sitting down) where my pulse is 38-42 range. When I wake up in the morning I have been as low as 31-32 laying down using a pulse oximeter and hand timing to double check. I'm no longer in racing form but I'm not out of shape either. Is anyone else around these numbers without symptoms? Anyone been around a long time with a low heart rate and no complications? Thanks for any input you guys have.

I'm in my mid 50s, and when in good shape my RHR is 35-38.

Don't sweat it

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5032584

Mine is below 40 during day and mid 30s upon waking in morning (when in good condition and well rested). Your morning HR one of lowest I've heard about but sub 40 RHR for endurance athlete is not too unusual.

When I lived at altitude (SLC, if that is considered altitude), my HR was 40 in the middle of the day after having run in the morning and drinking a fair amount of caffeine during the day. I counted my HR by timing it for a full minute, so there were probably 10 second periods where my HR was closer to 30. I have no idea how low it was when I was sleeping.

It does get a little freaky when it starts to get really slow. I was amused when going to doctors at that time, watching their reaction.

I'm now old and out of shape, and its a good day when my HR is under 70.