What is your resting heart beat?

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mcnair — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:36:36 GMT

My understanding, from what I have read, is anything over 5 beats per minute more than your normal resting morning heart rate. My understanding too. Any sudden spike in resting heart rate is a sign to back off; sometimes that means just take a rest day. When I'm checking regularly I can even tell when I'm about to come down with a cold because my resting heart rate will will be 5-10 beats higher.

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Former Member — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:13:26 GMT

... it seems like running I could maintain 150-160 for a while, I rarely get over 120 in the pool; I should start checking more often. I read in a medical physiology book that hearts rates do not rise to the same peak in swimming that they do in other activities. Dramatically so. The book was from last century and they were not sure why there was this discrepancy. The authors believed even though HR was much lower, a person would still get the cardiovascular benefit from exercise intensity. (They were meticulous at stating that this was not proved, though.) One of the authors was Arthur Guyton - most of the cardiac physiology we deal with is known in some circles as "Guytonian physiology," so I tend to trust his word.

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Elaine Krugman — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:52:57 GMT

Can you expand on this a bit? What type of increase would be considered a sign of being overtrained? My understanding, from what I have read, is anything over 5 beats per minute more than your normal resting morning heart rate.

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DanSad — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 03:51:37 GMT

Resting pulse upon waking up is a very good indicator on how hard you can workout the following session without overtraining. Can you expand on this a bit? What type of increase would be considered a sign of being overtrained?

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mcnair — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 08:25:54 GMT

Average is 45 now; when I was running 40-50 miles/week I would come in under 40 consistently. That was a few years ago; I think I've seen mostly 40s since then. I can tell when I'm worn out because the resting heart rate spikes up to 48-52. I'm an endurance junkie, admittedly, so I like to do exercise in the aerobic zone, which means much of my swimming would be considered garbagio or fitness swimming. I have a harder time keeping my HR up in the pool than I do on the road or trail... it seems like running I could maintain 150-160 for a while, I rarely get over 120 in the pool; I should start checking more often. Last summer I was checking my heart rate at the pool a lot more often because I was concerned that I was getting a "good" workout in. I could swim at an effort that I perceived as hard and still only log 144 immediately after. I know part of that is the slow down after stopping exercise... which can be considerable (you can start checking your HR while you're still running on land, but without a HR monitor I can't do this in the pool).

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swim365 — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:58:14 GMT

Highest HR = 171 on all out run and on all out bike effort on trainer. Never could get an accurate reading in the pool on the HRM, and can't count accurately at that fast of an HR. That is the one big thing I learned from using an HRM, i.e. that I can't accurately count my HR at much over 120. While 171 is low compared to the predictions, since RHR is pretty low I still have a pretty big range, i.e if we take my absolute max = 175, then 175/35 = 5.0. This would be same as 200/40 = 5.0, or at least that's the way I've always thought about it. For whatever it's worth, I'm 57 now and first started monitoring my RHR in 1979 at age 24, and got the HRM in 1992. My RHR and Max HR have not changed at all over the years, although I am a tad slower in the pool and on the road:) I've been swimming Masters since 1980 but only rarely log onto these forums. I've been biking and running and doing tri's since 1986.

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__steve__ — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 05:05:51 GMT

What is the highest HR youve had? 201 for me when I was a cyclist

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swim365 — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:24:28 GMT

Looks like a symmetrical spread around 50 :D. We got 1 person under 35. Would be interested to know how he/she reached that level... I just took the poll and posted a 35 reading. My RHR has been in the 35-37 range all of my adult life, since I first heard about it and took my own reading when I was about 24. The 35-37 was achieved initially from just swimming around 30,000 yds/week, but I have added in biking and running over the years. However, swimming is still about 1/2 of my annual workout load. I am definitely more of a slow-twitch kind of guy in that I rarely swim anything shorter than 200s in Masters' meets, since I just don't sprint very well.

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__steve__ — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:55:18 GMT

Resting pulse upon waking up is a very good indicator on how hard you can workout the following session without overtraining.

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nancymn — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:30:47 GMT

Around 50 and has been pretty steadily there for a year or so. Swimming helps, and so does losing weight. Considering it used to be in the low 80s, I think 50 is a good improvement, given that I am over 50 (in age). :) I'd like it to go a little lower, and I also run and bike. I am wondering if my age vs. continued exercise will play a role in that.

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badrunnergoodswimmer — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 06:54:28 GMT

normally 52. with concentration and lying down 48. coffee adds 3bpm. IMHO, the medical profession must see enough of us to know what causes the low resting HR but apparently not enough as they are always amazed. Just training hard enough to be able to get after it hard again tomorrow!

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badrunnergoodswimmer — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 06:53:49 GMT

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orca1946 — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:36:34 GMT

Maybe 59 to 62 is the morn range for me,

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__steve__ — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 11:28:47 GMT

My Grandma did the Iodine-131 treatment when she was in her 80's. She is much calmer now, but she still retained a little of her volatility (20yrs later).

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swimshark — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 07:58:55 GMT

One treatment for graves is drinking nuclear Iodine. I was radioactive in1996 for this. Made for an interesting weekend of sleeping in the guest room. But even with good numbers, I sill have symptoms.

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Former Member — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 13:48:22 GMT

Looks like a symmetrical spread around 50 :D. We got 1 person under 35. Would be interested to know how he/she reached that level...

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__steve__ — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:20:12 GMT

One treatment for graves is drinking nuclear Iodine.

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swimshark — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 08:32:52 GMT

I developed Graves Disease about15years ago. One symptom is a high heart rate. Even after getting it under control as far as the doctors were concerned, I still had the heart rate issue. Mine is still 60+ on a good day. My dad has an extremely low heart rate so maybe, if there is a generic connection, I get this from my mom. I'll have to ask her. I have a hard time with no breathers as well. I finally told my coach that I needed to back off on them. They make my heart beat even faster and when it's hitting 200 I feel that is its highest.

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Celestial — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:37:49 GMT

I just finished my recert for ACLS today (which is waaaay easier than it used to be 10 years or so ago!) and I find it disturbing to think about Bjorn Borg having a RHR of 29. I find it disturbing to think about a RHR below 40. I'm not so sure it is "smart" to want your HR to be terribly low, no matter how wonderfully in shape you are, because then what happens when & if you develop some sort of cardiomyopathy? I am happy that my RHR is about 52, and I'm not going to worry about it if it rises to 72. At least my heart is beating.

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Former Member — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:36:33 GMT

Yes, it's supposed to be your lowest heart beat throughout the day.

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Former Member — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:14:42 GMT

I'm supposed to do this in the morning right after I wake up, right? Cuz doing it right now, I'm at about 60. edit: I apparently have horrible reading comprehension, because it says right in the OP, "upon waking up in the morning." Be back tomorrow morning! Peace!

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Former Member — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:00:56 GMT

I often hold my breath if I swim for only 25 yard (no-breathing). I wonder if that is good or bad?

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Former Member — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:37:03 GMT

Mine's been in the low/sub 40 range for several years for as long as I've been smart enough to be aware of it's significance (i.e. when I started to care about getting in shape, though I never used it as a workout tool/determinant. Just curiosity). But for me too, my running is much more extensive than swimming. I would LOVE to see peer-reviewed research on how swim training affects the cardiovascular system, ventalitory (sp?) rate/capacity, etc. in comparison with swimming. I feel like the implicit breathing control could induce some type of specific training effect?

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Allen Stark — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:56:48 GMT

Mine has always run faster than it should for my conditioning.My EKG is "unusual". After the whole battery of tests in my 20s they decided it wasn't really a problem just"unusual." My resting rate now is about 60,but sometimes 70.

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That Guy — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:00:47 GMT

Is 8675309 a high enough resting pulse? What do I win? :banana: