What's your resting pulse rate?

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What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby kb » Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:59 pm

Tried an experiment today. See how calmly I can ride home. Average HR 99 but only @18.4kph. That's over 17km and ~200m elevation.
[edit: Strava says 17kph]
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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby Tank1252 » Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:59 pm

Age:43
BPM:40ish
Training: 8-10 hours per week

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby MN GLXR » Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:25 pm

Resting.....no time for that.

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby anttismo » Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:12 am

Age:43
BPM:high 20s. Lowest recorded is 24.
Training: 25 hours per week on bike, 80% of which would be classified as "garbage miles" :lol:

My heart rate is low. I used to be super-hyper-morbidly obese and even then is was maybe 60. As my weight dropped, so did my heart rate until below 30. Doc was not sure if he should worry, but have no other paritcualr symptoms of anything being wrong. When I had a ekg it settled at 27 and that was the only non-conformance in my medical check over...

Another intersting point is my max is about 155. well as high as I have measured anyway. It would be good if it was more like 200 or even 180 - I'd likely have huge VO2 max if that was the case :)

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby Wakatuki » Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:23 am

Pam is 52 and 52kg, cycles twice weekly, fast walks 30-40ks a week, jogs 2x5k's per week and swims 2x1k per week and yet her heart rate at rest is 78-84 Is this high?Some quick sprints see her reach about 140bpm, it drops quickly afterwards though.
Just bought her a heart monitor to look at further, Pam is curious too.

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby barefoot » Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:00 am

End of thread. Antti wins :mrgreen:

I recorded a new record low of 36 BPM the other day (down from a previous 37). Just to prove it wasn't a temporary thing, I guess.

Interesting about your low MHR, Antti. I've always had a high MHR.

A decade ago (late 20s - early 30s) I had a basic HRM, and recorded max 200+ BPM on quite a few mountain bike rides. I watched it (through a blur of overexertion) once, recording a solid 210, then returning back to more sane levels as I recovered, without any tell-tale jumping around or other signs that it was a false reading.

These days, I'm a decade older and much fitter (about to turn 39), and I have a (crappy) recording HRM. I know it goes nuts occasionally, spiking and recording 220+ for a while, then spiking back down to where it should be, so I know to ignore anything spurious. The believable parts of my HRM traces top out at around 180 BPM, when I'm smashing myself but in a sustainable manner (I hovered between 165 and 180 for 20 minutes in a dirt crit this week, and didn't explode). So 180 is not an absolute maximum HR. Maybe I've become too lazy and/or sensible in my old age to really go for a MHR effort. Perceived effort and rule-of-thumb %MHR zones don't correlate unless I assume my MHR is somewhere upward of 195. Certainly somewhere well beyond the "220-age" estimate.

I guess I've just got a wide ratio gearbox on my heart.

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby m1a7 » Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:12 am

Age: 27
BPM: 47
Training: 3 x strength training & 3 x cardio with pilates thrown in occasionally

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby RideLikeTheWind » Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:21 pm

Age: 31
BPM: 46 (although lowest recorded was 37, but I was sleeping ;) )
Training: 3 rides to work each week, martial arts and some HIIT
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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby Constantheadwind » Fri Mar 07, 2014 9:59 am

Age: 50
BPM: min 35 recorded sleeping after full recovery, absolute max 214 with full carbo load(recorded 28/02/2014). Typ max 185-190 on regular grub.
Training: Whenever I get a chance, shift work & family commitment limit any possibility of regularity. Best guess average is maybe 3 hours per week made up of walking, jogging & cycling.

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby skull » Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:20 pm

Anttismo, that is pretty low.

Considering the guiness book of records has 27 as the record.

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby anttismo » Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:14 pm

skull wrote:Anttismo, that is pretty low.

Considering the guiness book of records has 27 as the record.

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Cool, seems the 27 is still the world record according to the guiness world record site. I measured it often at 26 or 27 when I awoke in the mronign when I used to track such things. The 24 I've measured is "unoffical" and I may have been derranged or drinking marijuana or something, but I do have the report from the medial with EKG that had it as 27. Seems I'm an equal world record holder :)

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby skull » Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:16 pm

You should see if you could crack it and get your name in the book.

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby anttismo » Fri Mar 07, 2014 6:19 pm

So here is as much proof as I can provide on the world record equalling status. Need to view images in strava file...

http://www.strava.com/activities/118366472" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Being somewhat IT retarded, sharing a photo via instagram via strava seemed as simple as I could do :lol: Note, photos also answer that other great question - what is the world's coolest bike :)

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby kunama » Sun Mar 09, 2014 5:03 pm

anttismo wrote:Age:43
BPM:high 20s. Lowest recorded is 24.
Training: 25 hours per week on bike, 80% of which would be classified as "garbage miles" :lol:

My heart rate is low. I used to be super-hyper-morbidly obese and even then is was maybe 60. As my weight dropped, so did my heart rate until below 30. Doc was not sure if he should worry, but have no other paritcualr symptoms of anything being wrong. When I had a ekg it settled at 27 and that was the only non-conformance in my medical check over...

Another intersting point is my max is about 155. well as high as I have measured anyway. It would be good if it was more like 200 or even 180 - I'd likely have huge VO2 max if that was the case :)
That sounds like a typical Finnish heart, a no nonsense pump, only beats when it needs to. (Kyllä se on vähän liian hidas !!!! )

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby kenwstr » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:48 pm

I'm 57, 167 cm, 62 - 63 kg. Rest rate is around 50 but varies day to day, have measured as low as 46 bpm.
Maintenance is 100 km per week in 3 rides on a 1972 i6 kg steelie done out as a road trainer still running 27 x 1 1/4 inch tyres on chrome rims
Have been doing 2 x 32 km weekday rides and 60 km on the weekend "Euro" ride.

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby anttismo » Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:21 pm

kunama wrote:...That sounds like a typical Finnish heart, a no nonsense pump, only beats when it needs to. (Kyllä se on vähän liian hidas !!!! )
Olen hyvilään jos se ei pysähdy! Sorry, my finnish is a tad scratchy :)

Actually, I think hearts are only supposed to beat when they need to :)

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby Ryanhyltoncummins » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:39 am

Resting heart rate: 40
Age: 22
Ride about 10 hours a week

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby Paul62 » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:59 pm

48 sitting here at my desk.
That's a few less than my age


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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby cyclotaur » Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:09 pm

Hmmm ... can't find a pulse ...oh there's one ... bit weak though ... I feel ...I feel..... slightly faint ....

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby PapaJohn » Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:36 pm

Well I'm 62.

Right now, its 70, but I just sat down and I've just been out for a ride. It's typically 56-60 later in the evening, but not sleeping, or lying down.

I'm a "returning cyclist", never competed, only commuted or toured. I've been riding 170 Kays a week since Jan 1, after effectively, a couple of years off the bike.

I'm feeling "reasonably fit" again.

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Re: What's your resting pulse rate?

Postby Heff » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:31 pm

Age: 40
BPM: 42 chilling on the couch
Training: Try to get out for 7-10k run 3-4 times a week, maybe 1 or 2 rides a week, either commute, road, or mtb. Total anywhere from 3-14 hours a month depending on motivation.
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