Incredible, Julien Wanders has a resting heart rate of 36 beats a minute

BFD...

I’ve had a low heart rate since birth. 35 ave this week and when I’m not up on/off w babies and overtired it will be ~32 . My husband is in the 70s like him Ryun. Genetics / human differences? My moms is lower and she’s a 11 min mile 5Ker :)

Ghost1 wrote:

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Are there any elite sportsman who have a lower heartbeat than this?. I think I remember reading that there were some elite TDF cyclists who had lower than this but they were the exception.

When running 160k a week resting heart rate regularly 32 at the age of 28. At 40 years of age swimming hard sessions 3x per week resting heart rate 32. At 54 resting heart rate 39.

Many of the LRC pulse rates are zero

Once your heart rate gets that low it can actually be a symptom of an ED that's now putting your health at significant risk.

I'm 60 and out of shape. While doing a one-meal a day fasting routine, my heart rate was consistently in the high 30s. Not fasting, it still is in the low 40s. Measured with my Garmin 235. My pulsometer says 95 so I should be ok I think. Bradychardia.

fghj wrote:

I'm 60 and out of shape. While doing a one-meal a day fasting routine, my heart rate was consistently in the high 30s. Not fasting, it still is in the low 40s. Measured with my Garmin 235. My pulsometer says 95 so I should be ok I think. Bradychardia.

Thanks, that was the term to describe the condition. Bradychardia.

This is pretty much for everyone who run when they're young. I was only div 3 and not that fast but I was there too. Thirty years later, barely at 60.

Ghost1 wrote:

Chill guy wrote:

2:16 marathoner and my RHR was 32 bpm.

Is a low heart rate synonymous with a longer life and better health overall because I cannot find any research which shows that link? Does the very low heart rate start going up when you are not trained?

I had a friend who won one of the early New York marathons and qualified for the '76 and '80 Trials marathon. His resting rate got under 30, I think he told me it was 24 once but that seems extraordinarily low. It was not synonymous with longer life. He didn't make it fifty.

Yeah my resting HR is low 40s when I’m not drinking but I have a drinking problem so it’s usually high 40s. I’m 31.

What one can gather from all this is that average runners or decent runners can have very low heart rates in the low 30s as well as elite runners and there does not seem to be much of a correlation there. In addition, up till now, I haven’t seen any research indicating that those people with low heart rate have a better prognosis for a long and healthy life.

One can surmise though, that they would tend to live longer than average sedentary people by virtue of the fact that they exercise quite intensively. That in itself, would garner points on the longevity scale, all other factors being equal.

I seem to recall reading somewhere many years ago that 1936 Olympic 1500 champ Jack Lovelock had a resting pulse rate of 32.

I don't think the story you're referencing is available anymore.

Is this his resting heart rate every time he sits down or smth like that? That would have been pretty low. If that's his lowest HR over a given night, that's pretty normal for any serious runner, doesn't even have to be elite or sub-elite. Anecdotally, I've never been particularly fast and my hardest training cycles were like 80-90 mpw. Yet even now my lowest hr in my sleep is 40-42. If I have an easy day both office and running-wise, don't have any beer, wine or excess food and my room is perfectly cool, I see numbers like 35-38. Granted, all these factors don't coincide that often.

This is not really surprising i've saw plenty of even amateurs athletes have low HR like that... it is not an indicator of supreme performance... what i would to see is his lactate level during his runs... that's a whole different story.

Jakob Ing. he as some amazing lactate readings... no wonder he is so fast..

Not even mediocre "athlete" M53 6'2" 176lb, 20-21 min 5k, 20mpw, RHR 34 bpm, but have recorded < 30.

Ghost1 wrote:

Chill guy wrote:

2:16 marathoner and my RHR was 32 bpm.

Is a low heart rate synonymous with a longer life and better health overall because I cannot find any research which shows that link? Does the very low heart rate start going up when you are not trained?

Means your body can pump more blood per beat.

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Are there any elite sportsman who have a lower heartbeat than this?. I think I remember reading that there were some elite TDF cyclists who had lower than this but they were the exception.

Ex professional bikerider Michael Blaudzun had 31 resting heartrate

I used to win this thread every time it came up. For the longest time my normal resting HR was ~ 28, and I would sometimes see 26-27 when really relaxed. That's when I was at my fittest in my early 40s, as a decent regional calibre masters runner. My max HR was also pretty low, well under what the standard formula predicts. My heart's just not average I guess. Now, in my mid-50s, I occasionally see lower than 40, but only rarely and never close to 30 (usually low to mid-40s). I am also nowhere close to my fittest. If I cracked 20 in a 5k I'd have a heart attack and die from the surprise.

I have been as low as 32 average resting is 38. It could come back to bit you in the in rear. If you are cardivasculary fit like that you can block up also.