What is your heart rates?

Male: What is your heart rates? Number of heart beats per minute (bpm))

  • Male: < 30

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Male: 30-40

    Votes: 2 2.9%
  • Male: 40-50

    Votes: 11 16.2%
  • Male: 50-60

    Votes: 26 38.2%
  • Male: 60-70

    Votes: 17 25.0%
  • Male: 70-80

    Votes: 10 14.7%
  • Male: 80-90

    Votes: 1 1.5%
  • Male: 90-100

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Male: 100-110

    Votes: 1 1.5%
  • Male: >110

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    68

tennisdad65

Hall of Fame
My heart rate is 58 but it is only 8:30 AM here. It should get close to the 70s before I go to sleep.

For me, I think.
Just wake up = x
Afternoon = x+8
night = x+15

I will measure this today to confirm
 

ProgressoR

Hall of Fame
i recall having my rate taken when i was in hospital years ago, and it was relatively low about 48 or something, and the nurse was asking me, oh you do sports, you must be fit, and I was, erm, I play sport but not very fit at all.

But she was pretty so I just smiled and shrugged in a "what can you do?" sort of way.

Seriously, I am not fit.
 

onehandbh

G.O.A.T.
Interesting discussion. Just took my HR. (evening) and I got 48.
It's probably slightly lower in the morning when I wake up. I take my HR
about once a week b/c I used to have an over-active thyroid and resting HR
is one of the indicators so I check my HR fairly regularly and get
regular blood work done to make sure things are okay.

My resting HR has ranged from 43 to 75+. 43 was when I was playing
basketball 2-3x a week. Normally I'm between 46 and 55 or so.
The 75+ was an anomaly during a period where I had an over-active
thyroid. When I'm exercising more often or playing basketball my HR goes
down to 46 or so or lower. When I'm sedentary for a long time it creeps back
up to toward the mid 50's.

An interesting thing I've noticed:

up until 4 years ago: I played regular basketball 2-3x /week. I
so went to the gym 2x /week. Almost had to to prevent knee injuries and
not get beat up too much in the key. When I played more, the HR went
down and vice versa.

last 3 years: I've mostly played tennis, but not that often except for
brief periods. I go to the gym way less often than before. Maybe 1x /week.
Initially, when I stopped playing basketball and started playing tennis, my
HR stayed the same. Then I got busier and played way less tennis and my
HR started creeping up. Then I started doing yoga like 1-3x/month and
this might be bringing it back down again to the 40's. My theory is that
yoga might be an efficient way of bringing down resting HR. Wondering
if anyone else has noticed this effect from doing yoga? It's definitely made
me more patient.
 

onehandbh

G.O.A.T.
btw, I think an equally important test besides resting HR, is how quickly
your heart returns to a number close to your resting HR after a strenuous
activity that brings the HR up close to your max HR. Basically if you
sprinted all out for 400m and then stopped, what would your HR be after
1 minute? After 2 minutes? After 3 minutes?

*Consult your doctor b4 doing this. I don't recommend this for people who
fall into any of the following categories:
have a history of high blood pressure, heart disease, are upwards of 300+ lbs
and 40% bodyfat, missing knee cartilage, sprained ankles, have emphysema,
just got back from the bar and are at .25 blood alcohol level, just ran a
marathon, just got back from the all-you-can-eat buffet, are within 1 week of
labor (childbirth, not starting a new job), etc.
 

ProgressoR

Hall of Fame
This is a great indicator of one aspect of fitness, ie recovery.

Mine is terrible, once I get my HR up, I need to consult my diary for the next week to find a slot when I expect it to go back to "normal".


btw, I think an equally important test besides resting HR, is how quickly
your heart returns to a number close to your resting HR after a strenuous
activity that brings the HR up close to your max HR. Basically if you
sprinted all out for 400m and then stopped, what would your HR be after
1 minute? After 2 minutes? After 3 minutes?
*Consult your doctor b4 doing this. I don't recommend this for people who
fall into any of the following categories:
have a history of high blood pressure, heart disease, are upwards of 300+ lbs
and 40% bodyfat, missing knee cartilage, sprained ankles, have emphysema,
just got back from the bar and are at .25 blood alcohol level, just ran a
marathon, just got back from the all-you-can-eat buffet, are within 1 week of
labor (childbirth, not starting a new job), etc.
 

MarineRecon

New User
I'm 41. My last RHR was measured at 44. That was when I had just had some sort of weird reaction to pseudo-ephedrine (tachycardia?), about 7-8 months ago, and I thought I was having a heart attack. The paramedics came to my house, upstairs to my bedroom and the 3 of them were standing around my bed with my wife. I think all of us were thinking it was kind of weird that they were at my house responding to heart problems and my heart rate was as low as it was...lol.

I do play tennis or run about 6 days a week. However, I rarely run longer than 2 miles. It seems kind of strange that my RHR is as low as it is, and I don't do any type of serious distance running. I mean, I try to run 2 miles at a good pace, but you wouldn't think that would bring it that low. And tennis doesn't really offer any sustained cardio benefits, just intermittant...:???:
 

autumn_leaf

Hall of Fame
crap. forgot how to multiply lol. put 100-110 by accident. did 20 seconds and multiplied by 4 like an idiot. was wondering how my heart rate was at 104 just sitting here.

mines currently 78. resting heart rate after waking is usually around 60-70.
 

Netzroller

Semi-Pro
When I'm very relaxed it's ~60, normally its more like ~70 (I'm 21yo).

(Assuming it's all true) very suprising how low the HR of some people here is. You must be pretty good athletes. I don't think you can get <40 without some serious training, no matter what genes you have.
 
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