What's your resting heart rate?
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gregorio
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Last time I checked it was around 40 bpm. 7 years of being a bike messenger is good for the cv 
. These days I play squash to keep in shape.
. These days I play squash to keep in shape.
ZPTennis
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I'm 28 and my machine I have won't register anything under 40. I've gotten 40's a few times but many times I get an error. The error is b/c it refuses to register lower than 40 so im guessing im high 30's.
On average I play about 4 1/2 hours of tennis a day usually averaging 5 days a week.
Zach
On average I play about 4 1/2 hours of tennis a day usually averaging 5 days a week.
Zach
chess9
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ZPTennis said:
Nice racquet choice, Zach!
You can take your pulse with your finger and a watch, Zach. Put the finger on your carotid artery or on your wrist and count the pulses for one minute. I think that's more accurate than 10 seconds x 6. If you want a good heart rate monitor, I'd buy one of the Polar units. You can get them used on ebaby very cheaply.
You sound quite fit, though.
-Robert
Robert: When you hv a moment, can u look here? - http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=108953
Thnx.
Thnx.
I never knew your HR was effected by hard training sessions the night before. If n e thing i thought it went down but obviously not. I had a hard track session last night, measured my HR this morning and it was 60. But ive just come home from school and it is 57 now. Is this right im 14 yrs old?
Midlife crisis
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Nike Man said:
Your heart is a muscle (a specialized type, but still a muscle) and it can and does get tired just like other muscles do. There are more and more studies showing that there are even some dangerous looking side effects to the rhythmic heart beat when subjected to extremely intense exercise, even among those who are extremely well trained.
OkStateFan
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I didn't take the time to read all the pages so forgive me if somoene has already said this, but to give the OP's first post warrants i have also heard that alot of top endurance athletes had mid 30's resting heart rate. Bjorn Borg's was 35 bpm when he was in his prime, which is comprable to a bear's.
Midlife crisis said:
I don't know if that is what you are alluding to but heart rate variability is actually a good thing. There are some of the more advanced training machines (daum bikes for example) that measure HRV. The fitter you are, the higher the HRV is going to be. Low HRV is bad. The extreme case is an HRV of 0, ie when you're dead.
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austro said:
I was alluding to the fact that studies have shown a human heart is incapable of repeatedly performing at maximum output, and that after a long period of exercise, there is a recovery period during which the heart is incapable of attaining maximal heart rates or producing maximal stroke volume outputs.
Also, there are increasing numbers of reports of heart beat irregularities in athletes after intense periods of exercise. Even among the most well trained, there are rhythm disturbances that would be considered significant warning signals if these same things were detected in non-exercising people. I haven't heart of a definitive conclusion to these findings yet, but probably the initial take on it is that prolonged periods of extreme physical activity fatigue the heart muscle to the point where anything that is intrinsically wrong, whether genetically or otherwise, become more apparent the more fatigued the heart is. There will probably be some recommendation that weekend warrior athletes who compete in this fashion get thorough cardiac screens to prevent sudden-death type episodes.
BreakPoint
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Yikes! My resting heart rate is ZERO!! I can't find a pulse! Maybe I'm actually dead?
ZPTennis
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chess9 said:Nice racquet choice, Zach!
You can take your pulse with your finger and a watch, Zach. Put the finger on your carotid artery or on your wrist and count the pulses for one minute. I think that's more accurate than 10 seconds x 6. If you want a good heart rate monitor, I'd buy one of the Polar units. You can get them used on ebaby very cheaply.
You sound quite fit, though.
-Robert
Yes very nice racquet indeed.
Well I just did the finger watch method and went up to 42. grr. 
jonolau
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Robert,
I'm curious to know: my RHR is 49bpm, I'm 1.71m and 92kg. Whenever I go for my annual medical, me doctor is very surprised at my RHR because of my physical outlook (I look more like a stocky rugby player).
Up to 10 years ago, I used to represent the army in rugby (when I was serving my national service for two and a half years), basketball for my university team, and take part in at least 3 biathlons/triathlons and 2 road races per year.
However, after laying off all these for almost 10 years, would it be unusual that my RHR would still be at this rate (and is it considered low?). The only exercise I get now is tennis. No cardio (because of knee problems), and just some light weights for strength conditioing. Everything else is working fine except for my weight and old nagging injuries.
Jon
I'm curious to know: my RHR is 49bpm, I'm 1.71m and 92kg. Whenever I go for my annual medical, me doctor is very surprised at my RHR because of my physical outlook (I look more like a stocky rugby player).
Up to 10 years ago, I used to represent the army in rugby (when I was serving my national service for two and a half years), basketball for my university team, and take part in at least 3 biathlons/triathlons and 2 road races per year.
However, after laying off all these for almost 10 years, would it be unusual that my RHR would still be at this rate (and is it considered low?). The only exercise I get now is tennis. No cardio (because of knee problems), and just some light weights for strength conditioing. Everything else is working fine except for my weight and old nagging injuries.
Jon
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jonolau said:
I'm in England visiting, Jon, so I see a lot of old rugby players.
Bad knees, the lot of them. Too bad, too, 'cause I love the game and love to watch it. But it will beat a fellow to bits.I'm sure much of that is your good genes and proper diet, plus a bit of tennis. Notwithstanding the other thread about tennis being so little exercise, I suspect the value is still enough to help keep folks somewhat fit if they play some singles occasionally, maybe walk or swim too.
If you have bad knees, keep your weight DOWN as you age. Osteoarthritis is hell in your later days. I played doubles against a guy with bad rugby knees the other day. He had both legs strapped and was only 35. He's already saying this is going to be his last year playing tennis. He's given up singles. Too bad, 'cause he is a brilliant athlete.
-Robert
jonolau
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Unfortunately, I'm not that old at 36, but definitely feel like one. I get up in the morning with creaky knees (extends with a 'crick'). But I still won't forget one embarrassing occasion when I squatted at a toyshop to look at a toy with my daughter (it happened to be placed at the lowest shelf). I was in this position for about 5 minutes, and when I tried to extend my knees to stand up, my legs wouldn't budge as it was too painful to do so! I had to roll onto my side to get myself up, much to the amusement of a few other parents around.
So, everytime I need to squat, I always make sure there is something solid next to me that I can use as a support to stand up.
So, everytime I need to squat, I always make sure there is something solid next to me that I can use as a support to stand up.
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MTChong said:
Yes, there can be pretty big differences.
Heart rate is not a good indicator of fitness, athletic prowess or capability, nor is it really an accurate measure of how hard you are working. It can be influenced by your hydration state, level of excitation, whether or not you've had caffeine, how much you slept the night before, and a huge number of other things. In reality, while having a low resting heart rate can be an indicator of general good fitness, it is not always true.
In many ways, it is just a number, like your serve speed. Just because you can serve harder doesn't mean it is more effective, just like if your resting heart rate is lower, that doesn't necessarily mean you are more fit.
tennisprofl
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my brothers is 39...thats really good
SystemicAnomaly
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Cheeses of Nazareth can be quite old as well. Robert of @chess9, the OP, is also fairly old. If he hasn't advanced to that big chess board in the sky, he's in his mid/late 70s by now. Has not posted on TT in nearly 4 years.
Your suggestion is that the Op's resting heart rate is currently 0?
Dartagnan64
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That's probably a pretty unhealthy goal. Slow heart rate usually means big heart muscle which is a risk state for cardiac arrhythmias. Be happy with 43 and work toward 50.
D
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I used to be at 54 bpm. Now it's around 80 bpm.
That's phenomenal, you guys are putting me to shame. Mine is 55 and I though I was the ****e. p.s. I am 53.If you are a very fit adult, with a history of hard cardiovascular training, the odds are good that your resting heart rate is under 50 bpm. Although heart rates vary widely, a low resting heart rate is one fairly good indicator of cardiovascular fitness. We have no solid evidence that lower is better, though many of the top endurance athletes have resting heart rates in the low 30's, and some have had mid-20's, supposedly. (I'm thinking urban legend on some of these numbers, but....)
During my first stress test, done at age 40 at my wife's insistence, my cardiologist used Borg's ekg as a template for the "perfect" rhythm. Of course, that was in the dark ages of medicine, and today the "youngest science" is approaching pubescence so we must know more, eh?
If you are over the age of 18, please post your resting heart rate. Your resting heart rate, by my definition, is your pulse taken in bed in the morning shortly after waking from a night's sleep. If you are under 18, you are likely to have significantly higher heart rates. Females also tend to have higher heart rates than males.
My resting heart rate this a.m. was 44 beats per minute. That is a bit high for me but I had 2.5 hours of hard tennis yesterday. On the other hand, I'm 63. In my late 20's my RHR was in the low 30's.
-Robert
When watching Federer play?
couch
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Holy crap! I haven't played tennis for almost 2 1/2 years but watching the US Open got me curious as to what's going on on TT. Then I saw a post from me on this thread "FROM 2006!" LOL. Been doing CrossFit 5x per week since I stopped tennis. RHR averages low 50s and mid-to-high 40s during sleep. I use a Fenix 5X Plus Titanium and am now 49 not 36 when this was first posted. I've also gained about 17 lbs of muscle (175 to 192) and my body doesn't hurt like it used to playing tennis.
I've also gained about 17 lbs of muscle (175 to 192) and my body doesn't hurt like it used to playing tennis.Yeah, I put on forty pounds of muscle. It doesn't hurt as much when I fall over 8*)Holy crap! I haven't played tennis for almost 2 1/2 years but watching the US Open got me curious as to what's going on on TT. Then I saw a post from me on this thread "FROM 2006!" LOL. Been doing CrossFit 5x per week since I stopped tennis. RHR averages low 50s and mid-to-high 40s during sleep. I use a Fenix 5X Plus Titanium and am now 49 not 36 when this was first posted.
movdqa
Talk Tennis Guru
Holy crap! I haven't played tennis for almost 2 1/2 years but watching the US Open got me curious as to what's going on on TT. Then I saw a post from me on this thread "FROM 2006!" LOL. Been doing CrossFit 5x per week since I stopped tennis. RHR averages low 50s and mid-to-high 40s during sleep. I use a Fenix 5X Plus Titanium and am now 49 not 36 when this was first posted.
Are you going to get the 6X?
I have the 5+ Titanium - fantastic watch. The 6s are very nice, fair number of new features. It's hard to justify an upgrade after one year though.
OnTheLine
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When I first got a Fitbit almost 3 years ago my resting HR was around 65.
I have put in a LOT of work these past 3 years, shed just shy of 30# a lot of work on the court and off.
My resting HR now is between 52-54 ....
While asleep it drops to 40-42.
Pleased with myself.
Only drawback is that my blood pressure has also dropped ... now 90/60 just like in my 20s ... don't stand up quickly though .. instantly dizzy.
I have put in a LOT of work these past 3 years, shed just shy of 30# a lot of work on the court and off.
My resting HR now is between 52-54 ....
While asleep it drops to 40-42.
Pleased with myself.
Only drawback is that my blood pressure has also dropped ... now 90/60 just like in my 20s ... don't stand up quickly though .. instantly dizzy.
movdqa
Talk Tennis Guru
Outstanding work.
