What's your resting heart rate?

Many cyclists have reported resting heart rates of ~30. I believe this is due to them training for hours and hours. In other words, their cardiovascular system is much more developed than their legs.

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36 at my last EKG.

I'm 58. Fat and recovery from surgery.

My resting is 59 - 60.

When I am really fit my max is 195 - 200 (pedalling in a big sprint up hill)

My min is 59 - 60

A couple of years ago I had a spinal tap at hospital and my heart rate dropped to 33. A vagal response. I couldn't stand up.

All you people with HRs in the 30's should see a dr. Clearly your math or your eye sight is fcked up.

All these folks who claim that those of us with resting HR's in the 30's must be lying or dying remind me of the folks who can't imagine anyone can run 26.2 without dying. Sorry if it doesn't fit your world view or experience. But there are lots of us out here and we're just fine thank you. I'm lying on the sofa at the moment with a laptop on my lap and just counted 4

..1 heart beats in the last minute. When I'm actually all the way resting it drops lower. Sorry if you don't believe.

My lowest ever was 39, but normally I'm around 45.

Stays 72 come shine or rain.

mine has only been under 60 a few times with the lowest around 52. And I run mid 18s to low 19s. Not great but at least i know i have more potential unlike you guys running 18 minutes with 30 bpm resting heart rates.

I believe the higher your Max HR is, the higher your resting heartrate will be. I'm still a youngin (18) and my max HR is around 220 (+/- 2 bpm) when i got tested. My resting is something like 55-60 depending on how hard i've worked recently.

I quit tracking sometime in 2009, and at that point I was typically 48-52, and the highest I ever saw was 188, two different times...final sprint at the end of a half marathon and in a cycling race while trying to drop the group on an incline at the end of the race (failed).

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at least i know i have more potential unlike you guys running 18 minutes with 30 bpm resting heart rates.

I don't think this is true. In Highschool I consistently had a hr in the upper 30s and ran 18:30 5k.

After a 8yr hiatus and 1 year back running: hr 38-45 and running 17:20

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Try this on for size:

I had been walking around with my baby in a backpack on my back for 2min when I sat down (with her still on) and took my blood pressure. My blood pressure is often high, so I check it quite a bit. There is no way in hell I can run 10km faster than 40min; 45min is probably what I could manage right now. I'm a power athlete.

68 and my 1500 pr is 3:44

Does a lower heart rate help running in any definitive way?

Not necessarily. It varies by individual. It has been noted, however, that max heart rate seems to decline with age along with resting heart rate, but one doesn't necessarily cause the other.In athletes it's a different story. My max and min heart rates have each gone to more extremes as I get older. I attribute that to training adaptation.

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I believe the higher your Max HR is, the higher your resting heartrate will be. I'm still a youngin (18) and my max HR is around 220 (+/- 2 bpm) when i got tested. My resting is something like 55-60 depending on how hard i've worked recently.

Your diastolic is off the charts! It's supposed to get LOWER with exercise, along with your systolic going up, creating a wider pulse pressure. I find that reading highly suspect.

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Try this on for size:

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3285/39bpm.jpg

I had been walking around with my baby in a backpack on my back for 2min when I sat down (with her still on) and took my blood pressure. My blood pressure is often high, so I check it quite a bit. There is no way in hell I can run 10km faster than 40min; 45min is probably what I could manage right now. I'm a power athlete.

Med School Runner wrote:

Your diastolic is off the charts! It's supposed to get LOWER with exercise, along with your systolic going up, creating a wider pulse pressure. I find that reading highly suspect.

I was amazed as well. I suspect my low pulse and high BP (especially lower reading) were related to the 25lb backpack I had on and cinched around my waist. Normally, I readsomething in the 125/85 with 45-50bpm when walking around.