I have a fairly low heart rate of about 38 bpm while resting. The doctor had me wear a monitor for overnight and during my sleep he says it dropped to 29bpm. He seems concerned and has asked me to stop running until I have more testing done.
Has anyone else had this tested out there and had similar results? Is running really dangerous?
Doctor sounds like a retard to me
Endurance training teaches the heart to pump more blood with each contraction (increased stroke volume)... thus when resting, your heart doesn't need to beat as fast. This is not a bad thing.
Find a new doctor.
Actually I wanted to hear about other peoples heart rates not your opinions on my Doctor. Given that my heart beat is irregular it seems wise on his part to not take any unnecessary risks and understand why he is so cautious.
You didn't say it was irregular in your first post. There's a big difference between low and irregular.
My resting HR is generally in the range 42-48. I've recorded it as low as 36 at times. I'm not a doctor, but I wouldn't think your HR is anything to worry about.
Yes, I didn't realize your heart beat is irregular - that's a different matter.
How is it irregular? That would be a pretty big piece of information you forgot to share with us.
Probably best to be cautious, doesn't mean it is a problem.
If you trust the internet more than you trust your doctor it is time to get a new doctor.
Your doctor is an idiot. I'm not even the most consistent runner these days and I still have a resting heartrate in the 40s. I too have found it in the high 30s as well. When I was in the hospital a few years back, the staff got all concerned when they noticed my heartrate was at 40. When I told them I was a runner, they weren't worried anymore. This is just the benefit of doing something that provides strong cardiovascular health.
My resting heart rate is and has always been 64. It was 64 in high school when I was doing 30 miles a week, and it's 64 now doing 90. What is wrong with me?
I had something similar. Your doc may ask you to get an echocardiogram next, which should rule out any structural and conduction defects. Probably what he is thinking. If that comes back normal, you should be good to go. Let us know how it turns out.
29 doesn't seem excessively low to me. I remember reading somewhere that Indurain's was that low resting, so it probably went even lower sleeping.
Again I'm not asking letsrun for medical advice. I'm asking about your heartrates to get an idea if mine is average for runners.
I got the eccho on Wednesday, followed by the holter to monitor the rythyms for 24 hrs. Still waiting on the eccho results.
Mine is in the high 40s, low 50s. Miguel Indurain's was supposedly recorded at 29 BPM and Lance Armstrong's RHR is somewhere in the low 30s
47 Yr old, resting HR 43, lowest recorded 38, never recorded in deep sleep, but would be interesting to know.
I asked my cardiologist about my hr and he was not concerned.
He said elite runner’s hr has been recorded as low as the teens.
Yes, 38 is normal. Mine is 36-42
I'm sure Lance Armstrong's has been lower.
mine is 27
Lances was 28 once, mine was low 50s once Idk what it is now I guess somewhere in the 60s. If their isn't anything wrong with your heart then you should be greatful bc you have a resting heart rate of an olmpic endurance champion.