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
Be careful of the cardiologist. Find one who knows about athletes(you may not think you are one,but you are probably in better shape than 99% of the population. An healthy athletes heart can look like a sick heart on first glance. A knowlegable cardiologist can tell the difference,unfortunately not all are.
Be careful of the cardiologist. Find one who knows about athletes(you may not think you are one,but you are probably in better shape than 99% of the population. An healthy athletes heart can look like a sick heart on first glance. A knowlegable cardiologist can tell the difference,unfortunately not all are.
