Resting heart rate

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aGDevil2k said:
66 - it increased as i watched the seconds on the timer lol
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I think, maybe, that some of the sub-60 heart rates posted come from fitness watches that are worn while sleeping. So if you are getting a 66 while reading the riveting, elegant, and excitng prose posted on ZZL, well done!
 
Mine is usually around 50 if rested. Sometimes it will be 45 or so. When I had my colonoscopy they asked if I was a runner (yes) and then told me that their alarm would beep from the low heart rate.

PCP put "low heart rate" on my chart as a condition but others act like it is a good thing.

I am also on lisinopril. It isn't supposed to lower hear rate.


On OP's comment, I gave up Diet Coke for about a year. I recently decided I could have one every now and then and I am back to 3 a day. Now I feel like s*** thinking about it. Thanks. ;-)
 
LosPollosHermanos said:
Mine's stays around 50 with no exertion but I take Metoprolol and Lisinopril.
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I hear you. The first doctor's appointment I had after (a) being diagnosed with Afib and (b) going on Metoprolol, my doctor was not happy at all with my heart rate, as measured in his office, and (1) wrote me a new, lower strength, script for Metoprolol and (2) told me to throw away what I had previously gotten.
 
05C40 said:
I hear you. The first doctor's appointment I had after (a) being diagnosed with Afib and (b) going on Metoprolol, my doctor was not happy at all with my heart rate, as measured in his office, and (1) wrote me a new, lower strength, script for Metoprolol and (2) told me to throw away what I had previously gotten.
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I am curious how low you got for the doc to change your script. How low is too low?
 
LosPollosHermanos said:
I am curious how low you got for the doc to change your script. How low is too low?
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As best I can remember, it was in the high 30's when I was resting. Bear in mind, I was NOT training for a marathon at this point in time. It was within a year or two of undergoing a pericardiectomy due to constrictive pericarditis. I've told this story before, but that never stops me. When I was diagnosed with pericarditus, the doctor told me it was idopathic. He added that if I was from some third world country, where TB is endemic, he would have no problem saying it was caused by exposure to TB. I told him I was from Eastern North Carolina and the difference between there and a third world county, when I was young, was a rounding error.
 
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I think there is a pretty significant genetic component. Mine is usually between 45 and 50 these days. Back in my 30s it was usually in the lower 40s. While I do run, if you looked at me, you would be more likely to say, "What? HE runs?" than, "Wow. What an athlete!"
 
I’m in the high 40s generally. When I put in a bunch of hours on the bike training for something it can go lower. Wearing a Garmin watch opened my eyes to the effect alcohol has. One beer will increase my resting HR 5-10 beats per minute and really disrupt my sleep. Was never a big drinker but have stopped keeping any in the house altogether after I saw that.
 
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