You always hear crazy stories about guys having a rhr at like 30 and they have to wake up in the middle of the night to keep it up lol.
Mine is about 48 right now. What would you say would be ideal for a 28 year old hobby guy 2:40 marathoner to have? Does it even matter? How to lower if so?
I'm a middle-aged guy with a 24 minute 5k time and a RHR of 52. Used to be about 65-68 two years ago before I started running.
notdean wrote:
How to lower if so?
LSD (not the drug) and long hiking or bicycle or skiing trips, my resting heart rate is 52, but sometimes 48 if very rested and I have been going a lot LSD at slow paces.
There is a very big genetical factor.
Like with the vo2max it is just an indicator, lower heart rate is better, but a lot of other stuff means more (at least when you are down to 48bpm).
Usually between 31 and 40.
Dead people have a resting heart rate of 0. Babies have a resting heart rate of over 100. So it seems that a higher number is better, because babies are healthy humans, while dead people are very unhealthy, that's why they're dead!
To answer your question, my current resting heart rate is 70. I try to keep it up by not exercising and eating a lot of junk food.
low 40's upper 30's,
college 1500m runner.
45 bpm. Athlete RHR but I am super slow. 10k pr 46, best mile 6 flat.
I don't have time to rest so I have no idea.
My active heartrate is 115-140!!
RHR is upper 30's unless I'm in really good shape like right before a target marathon. Now 3 weeks before Boston it is 33-34. I have known a couple elite ultra runners that are 28-3/.
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It beats when I decide to let it beat.
46-50 depending on the day.
How old are you(all)? Does RHR vary with age, in addition to fitness?
Age? wrote:
How old are you(all)? Does RHR vary with age, in addition to fitness?
RHR does not vary much by age.
HR wrote:
RHR is upper 30's unless I'm in really good shape like right before a target marathon. Now 3 weeks before Boston it is 33-34. I have known a couple elite ultra runners that are 28-3/.
Sincere question, is there a point to where something like 28-30 is dangerous? I hate to sound like the ignorant one, but that just sounds dangerously low.
notdean wrote:
You always hear crazy stories about guys having a rhr at like 30 and they have to wake up in the middle of the night to keep it up lol.
Mine is about 48 right now. What would you say would be ideal for a 28 year old hobby guy 2:40 marathoner to have? Does it even matter? How to lower if so?
When I wake up with a sub 120 blood sugar, and our child let us sleep through the night, 42-48..when my sleep was a bit rough and blood sugar is 120-150, 50-54 usually. Pretty interesting how it varies. If it's on the higher end for me, I'll chalk it up as an easy run day.