Hi. I have some concerns in regards to my low resting heart beat. Here's some background :
I'm a fairly steady lap swimmer, swimming about 2 km in under 40 mins about 5 times a week. I generally do 1000 m in about 16 mins taking between 100-120 breaths and the rest is at not much of a faster pace. I usually finish up with 35 or m on one breath.
I have just had a heart monitor strapped to me for 24 hours and it came back with a dozen or so minutes where my pulse was sub- 40 with the lowest being 34. My doctor is concerned and thinks I should see a cardiologist.
I was wondering if anybody else out there has a similiar heart rate with similiar swimming amounts.
Many thanks
Eoin
My waking pulse is usually in the mid- to high 30s. Yesterday morning, it was 35. When I had the worst of my flu, it was 70. That had me worried until it occurred to me that for most people that wouldn't be a "flu pulse," but an everyday one. Once when I had to have surgery, I made sure to reassure the anesthesiologist beforehand that my pulse ran low, so they wouldn't bring the crash cart to my bed. They told me later that it was in the low 40s. I attributed this higher figure to the stress of having surgery. ;)
My waking pulse is usually in the mid- to high 30s. Yesterday morning, it was 35. When I had the worst of my flu, it was 70. That had me worried until it occurred to me that for most people that wouldn't be a "flu pulse," but an everyday one. Once when I had to have surgery, I made sure to reassure the anesthesiologist beforehand that my pulse ran low, so they wouldn't bring the crash cart to my bed. They told me later that it was in the low 40s. I attributed this higher figure to the stress of having surgery. ;)
