Resting heart rate

[Funk]

Why, as an horrendously overweight fellow, is my resting heart rate so good? Been tracking it for a while now and tonight's was the lowest I've seen: 54bpm.

I was expecting the opposite to be the case and my RHR to be high.

[944fan]

A low RHR when you are not an athletic person is not always a good sign. 54 is not overly low though. I guess a lot of it is down to genetics.

[anonymous-user]

If it goes below 50 you should see a doctor. As above, It's sometimes not healthy having a low heart rate unless you're an endurance athlete. You could be having problems getting enough blood to your heart amongst other nasty side effects.

http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Bradycardia.htm

[dave_s13]

It just so happens that I'm sat here at work with a blood pressure cuff on my arm as I was a tad worried about my BP recently.

Anyway my HR now, sat at work, so not fully at rest so to speak is 54.

BP 123/68

Happy with that.

I kill myself in the gym 2x per week and run/cycle though.

[jshell]

Funk said:

Why, as an horrendously overweight fellow, is my resting heart rate so good? Been tracking it for a while now and tonight's was the lowest I've seen: 54bpm.

I was expecting the opposite to be the case and my RHR to be high.

Were you fit when you were younger? That can be a reason for a low heart rate even later in life. Mine is 47/48 and it's not due to the shape I'm in now!