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Resting Heart Rates
zepp44
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Some might say daily, a change can indicate overtraining or illness, track over a couple of days & see if it was just a blip.
Me...I can't recall last time I checked it.
Me...I can't recall last time I checked it.
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George.
Feel great on it though, apart from the almost fainting moments.
Clinically below 60 is cause for concern on the assessment form on admission to A+E!
RHR for elite guys is 40-50bpm, but there is also a medical condition that causes low bpm, and can easily be confused. Not really sure if the medical condistion is serious, but some seem to worry. RHR for most is 50-70bpm.
It is a very accurate parameter, that is warning you to back off. If you ignore it, two days later you'll curse yourself for not listening to it.
I know it sounds a bit elaborate, and my coaches nag about it all the time I skip it. They're right, but hey: I'm not a pro, I'm in it for fun!!!![8D]
Had yesterday off training as I felt a bit jaded (felt guilty and rotund) and just got back from a steady 1 hr Tempo Run. Felt really strong and 'bursting' to go quicker. Maintained my discipline though and now feel back 'on it'.
Will keep an eye on the swimmy head thing and watch my resting HR. I'm in no way 'elite'[:@]
But in regards to heart rate we would be more worried about a patient coming in with low rather than high heart rate, but this is only really going to be a cause for concern in an unconscious patient!
As for tests for how rested you are, I didn't think your actual resting heart rate was any indication. Not being able to get your heart rate up is considered a sign of over-training. The other test you can do first thing in the morning is take your resting heart rate lying down, then stand up quickly and then sit back down, wait 1 minute and see how close your heart rate gets back to your resting level. You should do this when completely rested to set a 'benchmark' and then when training you can try it again to test how rested you are relatively.
It seems my reting HR is nothing like as low as some of you guys, and I don't think it's ever been much different. I used to do a lot of track running - I was running mid 53 seconds for the 400mH but my resting HR was never in the 40s or low 50s.
Is there a difference between the types of efforts required for sprints and endurance events that would lead to this type of disparity?
Resting HR is now 40-42 but averages 170-175 for a normal run and peaks at 195.
You need to be truly resting when testing your resting HR. I recommend lying down for 2/3 minutes before measuring it and try not to move when you measure it.
This will give you a much lower (and more representative) fugure than a measure whilst going about your daily chores.
Also, if you are very fit then the heart rate will jump slightly even if you raise your amr to look at your watch!
DJ
before getting up out of bed!!! Wake up, keep lying down and thats the moment to take the rest pulse.
While you had the strap-on? No wonder your RHR was a little elevated.[;)]
p.s. if i take when i am lying down watching tv mean is only 38bpm
SwimminTukker
You should take it just after waking up, still lying down: thats your true resting rate!!
Tried taking my proper resting rate a while back so I wore the strap to bed and was so excited when i woke that it had rocketed. Very sad!
I read somewhere that Greg Lamond regularly recorded 28bpm. Must have had a heart the size of his head!
I took mine using f11 and it rates that as moderate.
The HRM asks me for my resting HR to work out my net calorie consumption.
Keeping an eye on your RHR , for example by checking daily , can warn you for oncoming illness. On days like that, training would not be wise, cause you make the immune system more vulnerable and you can get sick. Noticing the elevated RHR and doing no or recovery training that day, could make the difference between getting over it or being in bed for a few days.
Our club asks all members to follow RHR closely and put the daily data into our login training program daily.
Having said all this, I know RHR is a quality tool, but I for one am REALLY too lazy to do it myself.[:)]
I think it can be used as a guide as it will vary from person to person and from situation to situation. ie a relaxing sports doctor's surgery on a day off trining is going to be less stressful than awhen its' being measured for a police application!
So at rest you should have a low demand and therefore supply can be low. so when fit you have a greater ability to extract the oxygen from the blood at your muscles because of an increased efficiency. so per beat, you as fit people are getting more out of each blood cell, so you need less circulation of blood.... less beats per minute.
when you are fighting an illness or your body is desperately trying to recover from a hard session, your body will require more oxygen so your heart rate will be higher...
coffee, tea, red bull, digesting a meal, stress, etc etc all elevate your HR so if you wake up and think, oh Sh%% i have work today, you already increased your HR.
regular testing will level out these changes and give you an average. usually 10 beats per minute over your average is cause for concern. Hit the Vit C, keep HR low when training for 2 days (or rest - can you beleive i said that) and see what happens.
best of luck