is a low resting heart rate good?

[anonymous-user]

mine is 60, is it a good sign of health and fitness?

[The Moose]

Age? Male I presume?

[anonymous-user]

35, male, googled but conflicting advice.

[stuno1]

Don't think so. Mine is 50 BPM. 32 and relatively active guy.

[ucb]

No indicator of fitness or health whatsoever really.
That said elite athletes have a higher prevalence of low resting heart rate, but the correlation does not work the other way

[WinstonWolf]

Yes, until you get up quickly without giving it warning...

[JumboBeef]

The Spruce goose said:

mine is 60, is it a good sign of health and fitness?

Very roughly, 60-100 resting is average. Fit people (hate 'em ) have <60.

[GT03ROB]

JumboBeef said:

Very roughly, 60-100 resting is average. Fit people (hate 'em ) have <60.

I'd have thought the upper end of that range is a bit high for resting!!

[madzo14]

Mine is 54 (at the minute anyway) have had as low as high 40's. Im 30 and cycle alot.

[anonymous-user]

My fat lazy mate recorded a low resting heart rate when he had a medical exam years ago, I've never heard the end about how fit he really is.

[944fan]

el stovey said:

My fat lazy mate recorded a low resting heart rate when he had a medical exam years ago, I've never heard the end about how fit he really is.

Low RHR when you are fit and train a lot is ok

Low RHR when you are a lazy bd is not good news: http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/tc/bradycardia-...

[MadDad]

I cycle 6 days a week - circa 200-300 miles a week, I have a rhr of 34 - although I have seen 32 a few times recently. Not too bad for a 43 year old office dweller......

That said, if I get up too quickly I can get a bit of a head rush!

[HughS47]

Curious. 32bpm and signs of postural drop I'd probably do an ECG on you if you walked into my surgery, unless you looked like Miguel indurain.
60 is fine

[944fan]

I'm no Dr but looks like Hugh is and Miguel Indurain had the record for the lowest recorded RHR at 28. So for yours to be hitting 32 you are either very, very fit, or something isn't quite right.

200-300 miles per week on the bike is very impressive though, I'm clocking that a month. Chapeau.

[WinstonWolf]

Mine's forty something when I'm cycling regularly and I'm 51... Cycling does seem to be very good for dropping your heart rate

[TwistingMyMelon]

Im a cyclist and have 52 HB , cycle 100 plus miles a week

When I was un fit , drank loads and ate st in my 20s (not overweight though) it was 58/60

Not much difference, in me from when fit and unfit, although I cycled loads as a kid and teen, so that might lower it by default?

Where I do notice a big difference when fitter is its ability to return to resting heart beat after exercise

I used to get dizzy if I got up quick, less so now, just sometimes

[GarryDK]

Cyclist here resting is usually about 48-52. 30 y/o Male.

[anonymous-user]

944fan said:

el stovey said:

My fat lazy mate recorded a low resting heart rate when he had a medical exam years ago, I've never heard the end about how fit he really is.

Low RHR when you are fit and train a lot is ok

Low RHR when you are a lazy bd is not good news: http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/tc/bradycardia-...

The trouble is that blokes measure a low resting heart rate and take it as evidence of fitness.

[Foliage]

I run, mines mid 40's resting, proper like sat down relaxing, at work and like it hovers 60-80 depending on stress.

Its a sign of being fit but I don't think it has any health benefits. Its a sign of a more efficient heart and lunges though isn't it?

[popeyewhite]

The Spruce goose said:

mine is 60, is it a good sign of health and fitness?

Without other information it means little. On its own it's average.