I HAVE A LOW HEART RATE!

[angela123]

My resting HR is barely 60BPM. I know most peoples HR is twice that. How do I determine where my HR should be during exercise? Would my target HR still be the same? I need to get batteries for my heart rate monitor. I have one of those watch HR monitors. Also what HR monitor do you recommend that would be most accurate?

 

[Aquajock]

Google "Karvonen Formula" and you will get a really good method of calculating your target heart rate.

Speaking of heart rates, I was reading about competitive cyclists online last night, and the legendary cyclist Miguel Indurain's resting heart rate is between 30 and 32 bpm. Mine's about 42 bpm; Miguel, you humble me.

Have fun!

A-Jock

 

[angela123]

>Google "Karvonen Formula" and you will get a really good
>method of calculating your target heart rate.
>
>Speaking of heart rates, I was reading about competitive
>cyclists online last night, and the legendary cyclist Miguel
>Indurain's resting heart rate is between 30 and 32 bpm. Mine's
>about 42 bpm; Miguel, you humble me.
>
>Have fun!
>
>A-Jock

Wow, I didn't know that. I am a CNA II and at work I realized that I had a lower HR than the other people that I checked. I guess I am not the only one. When we were in CNA class we had to check each other HR and everyone thought I was weird and I did too. I will have to do that search thanks.

 

[jonahnah]

>My resting HR is barely 60BPM. I know most peoples HR is
>twice that.

Mine is 60 bpm and I never thought that was really low. (My DB's is 38) Babies have really high resting bpms (100+) but not adults. Not sure what you are basing your information on.

Jonahnah
Chocolate IS the answer, regardless of the question.

 

[Clarissa]

Normal Resting HR is 60-100 bpm. Average is 72. Mine is about 52. The lower your HR, the better shape you are in, cardiovascularly. Olympic athletes are as low as 30's as AquaJock mentioned.

Sounds like you are all in great shape!

Clarissa

 

[dorothyrd]

Mine is between 45-50, so 60 is not that unusual. If you exercise regularily, keep your salt low, keep your weight under control, it is not that hard to have a low HR.

 

[expatter]

A low heart rate in someone that isn't particularly athletic and/or is overweight can also be a sign of a thyroid problem, too.

 

[TXGin]

My HR is typically in the mid 40's, and somedays is as low as 42. It will get up as high as 175 during Cathe cardio. Not sure the low resting HR means that I am in great shape, it just is what it is. Don't know about a thyroid problem.

Gin

 

[fox2star]

Wow that formula really works! I did it and found that the results are exactly where I work out when doing cardio etc. Using the old formula (220- age etc. ) always was too low for me to feel like I was getting a good workout..this makes more sense ...thanks for posting!

Deb