Healthy Heart Beat Rate - What is it ?

Hey - Does anyone have any information regarding resting heart rates ? - about what are healthy beats per minute ? I have never thought too much about this nor really monitored my pulse very often. However - it seems that resting heart beat rates are something that fitness athletes and some cardiologists pay quite a lot of attention too.

In general - it seems that the lower the level - the more cardiovascular fitness one has.

Lance Armstrong for instance apparently has a resting heart rate of only 32 beats per minute.

On the other hand - in my internet research - I've come across information that says that ones resting heart rate can vary quite a lot and is not an indicator of much of anything unless it is abnormally high or low for extended periods of time at rest.

It can get complicated very quickly I'm learning as - in my internet research - it seems people get into more complicated measurements like - measuring how long it takes your heart to return to baseline resting heart beat rate after exercising and/or stress tests etc. etc..

Then there are the whole sciences of Ayurveda and TCM - where apparently practitioners can read volumes about the state of ones health by taking or " reading " ones pulse. I find that very interesting too.

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Permalink Reply by DURIANRIDER on December 23, 2010 at 2:53pm

Ive met a few TCM/Ayu guru's that looked like crap and could tell me 'how to get healthy by NOT eating fruit'.

Ive never met a fit Ayu/TCM guru either.

Whats the ideal HR? Depends on the time of day, what part of our season we are in, how hydrated we are, what training we are doing etc. Its an 'it depends answer'. Depends on a lot of factors.

Get a HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) and get testing so you can find out what your values are at different times of the day, year, training season etc. Its fun to satisfy our curiosity and you will learn a lot about yourself using HRM for sure!

Ive had my HR down to 30. It doesnt mean that much though. Ive trained with Lance and he is always using his power meter/HRM to monitor how he is reacting to what he is doing. Sounds confusing but once you get the basics, its just like grade 3 math.

I use a Garmin 310XT. Its the best on the market IMHO.

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Permalink Reply by magicreative on December 25, 2010 at 3:56am

Thanks DR -

I'll look into the Garmin device -

Seems like a good basic measure of the health of an important organ - one of the top two - I'd say -

:-)

I hear you about all the esoteric health regimists and all of their diagnostics -

although Brigitte Mars of Boulder, Colorado USA was a prominent practitioner of TCM and herbs and all - and then she went raw - and she claims that her pulse is the strongest and best its been ever -

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Permalink Reply by PK on December 25, 2010 at 10:06am

Joanna is correct!

If your resting heart rate is consistently above 100, then you might want to see a doctor just in case. Occasionally going over 100 due to stress or fever is ok.

In Peace, PK

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Permalink Reply by magicreative on December 25, 2010 at 1:07pm

Yes - Thanks - What actually got me interested in this lately is that I recently became very sick ( maybe a detox reaction ? ) with a head cold and I noticed that my heart rate went up - to something like the high 90 in BPM's. So I researched. Apparently a cold can do that. As soon as my cold broke - my resting heart rate went down about 20 BPM.

I have just become very interested in this as just a basic measurement after feeling and measuring how my heart rate was affected by the cold I had.

Also - I have visited another raw food blog spot where this guy lost all kinds of weight after going raw and he was logging his heart rate along with his diet and other info.. His heart rate dropped quite consistently along with his weight.

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Permalink Reply by sunshower on December 25, 2010 at 5:14pm

I have been meaning to post a question on here about heart rate monitoring. I just recently got a Garmin HRM and it has certainly sparked my curiosity. My resting heartrate usually seems to be somewhere around 50, but then when I work out it can easily get up over 180 but I'd say my perceived exertion level is only about a 7 (on a scale from 1 to 10). Is that normal? I thought it seemed awefully low for a resting rate, and yet really high when I am working out. Are there any good resources where I could learn more about the aerobic/anaerobic threshold? What is the best way to utilize a heartrate monitor to get the best work out? In what range should I try to keep my heartrate at? Any direction would be very helpful!

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Permalink Reply by Patryc Willis on January 27, 2011 at 1:40am

Mine seems to vary quite a lot, I guess it depends on the time of day and other things. I had been using the Lugol's iodine for a while orally which raised my heart rate but today it was back down to 48 BPM. As a teen it was in 40-50 range. I have had it as high as 75 though - after about 2 hours at the gym - I did wait till an hour after the exercise to test tho. I find that if haven't done any extended exercise in a day (over an hour consistent cardio), that it drops lower. Not sure why that is. I really like the tracking features in the chrono-meter that allow you to graph these vitals.

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Permalink Reply by Liam G on January 27, 2011 at 9:42am

I went through a period where my HR went down to around 40 quite often. And I was not relaxed. Quite the opposite at times. Been vegetarian most of my life.