Just came back from a doctor's visit. My pulse was 59. An interesting thing is
that I have only been swimming with the team for about 7 weeks and do about 3600 yds. I'm just over 50, by the way.
So, how does this compare?
Mine sits at about 60 sitting around. 50 "resting" i.e. laying down first thing in the morning. 70 at the doctors as I usually have a small case of white coat syndrome. 29 years old. In college, my training advantage wasn't that my heart rate stayed preternaturally low, but that I could get it back to a reasonable level very quickly in between efforts. That's one of the biggest things that went away for me during my 6 year swimming hiatus.
My wife is ridiculous. She broke her wrist a few years ago falling off a pullup bar. She was in the ER for triage and they took her vitals, she's sitting there freaking out about her wrist that was now at an odd angle and her heart rate was still hovering around 60. I'm pretty sure my heart rate was higher at that point and I was perfectly healthy at the time!
Mine sits at about 60 sitting around. 50 "resting" i.e. laying down first thing in the morning. 70 at the doctors as I usually have a small case of white coat syndrome. 29 years old. In college, my training advantage wasn't that my heart rate stayed preternaturally low, but that I could get it back to a reasonable level very quickly in between efforts. That's one of the biggest things that went away for me during my 6 year swimming hiatus.
My wife is ridiculous. She broke her wrist a few years ago falling off a pullup bar. She was in the ER for triage and they took her vitals, she's sitting there freaking out about her wrist that was now at an odd angle and her heart rate was still hovering around 60. I'm pretty sure my heart rate was higher at that point and I was perfectly healthy at the time!
