Surfing MURC 'resting' heart rate

[dZeus]

57bpm aged 25

[Gurm]

Very variable from 60 to 105, age 74.

However, I wear a pacemaker. Without it, my pulse rate would be very much lower (roughly zero for 98% of the time ). It is set to a fail-safe rate of 45, but I've experienced that only once! And, no matter what I do, I can't get it higher than 165, as it cannot tolerate fibrillation.

At the time of writing this, it's chugging along at a steady 72. BP typically 120-130/65-75 (small chemical aid - without it more like 150-160/95-105)

Y'know, from time to time I try to picture MURCers. And more and more I think that Brian lives in a suit that sustains his life, much like Lord Vader...

Not that I would in any way insinuate that evil force-powered life-suits are a BAD thing, Lord Ellis!

[RhinoZ]

74bpm age 40, I surprised myself.

[Mehen]

I wouldn't be too worried Zokes, 80 isnt too bad, it depends on your body size though. Some of the other posts are low balled so it puts it out of perspective, or they truly are unique as said by their doctors (GNEP )

Lance Armstrong is about 32-34bpm - and they don't really get any better than that.

[Gurm]

Lance Armstrong is about 32-34bpm - and they don't really get any better than that.

Actually those professional cyclists have OTHER worries. They have to be careful not to do or consume anything that might LOWER their heart rate, or they could DIE. Their hearts are so overtrained that dropping their BPM any more would be positively deadly.

[ZokesPro]

I wouldn't be too worried Zokes, 80 isnt too bad, it depends on your body size though. Some of the other posts are low balled so it puts it out of perspective, or they truly are unique as said by their doctors (GNEP )

Lance Armstrong is about 32-34bpm - and they don't really get any better than that.

I'm 6'1" at 195lbs. Today my heart rate is 76bpm, but I didn't consume any caffeine.

[Mehen]

6'2 195lbs and I'm at about 60bpm, @ 20 yrs old. My cardio isn't all that great anymore as compared to how it used to be around age 14-15, but then a serious of lower back injuries and pulls slowed my hockey career almost to a stop and I fell out of shape (relatively). I've been slowly getting my cardio back although not putting near the effort into it that I should. I started hittin the gym in January doin weights, went from about 180lbs to 195lbs now. It is amazing what the high testosterone levels of youth let you push.

edit: and eating a lot of hamburgers helps

[Helevitia]

78bpm
Age 34

[Dr Mordrid]

Some of the other posts are low balled so it puts it out of perspective, or they truly are unique as said by their doctors (GNEP )

Right. Some of us are 'out of the box', putting us in the 1%'ers physiologically . My rate is very low for my age. Cholesterol & bp are also low to the point my physician is scratching his balding head.

That I'm 56, not by any means a normal build (6' 1.5"/275 muscular lbs.) and have far better numbers than his young bony a$$ has him nearly apoplectic. Shows the benefit of good genes

[GNEP]

Yeah absolutely agree with the Doc. Don't take my numbers as indicative of a norm by any means... and there are some down-sides too (when I was growing up I would faint if I stood up too quickly, and when I'm not exercising I have to eat almost nothing to avoid putting on lots of weight very quickly - it would appear that I have a very slow metabolism)

Also the period mentioned when I was fit, I was probably training for about 35 hours a week on average (ignoring training camps - ridiculous amounts - and rest periods). Simply no way I could do that now But I do think that being fit when young leaves you a good legacy for the rest of your life.

I just like to think of myself as being big-hearted

[cjolley]

116/65@65bpm

but I am on 50mg Atenolol (tenormin)/ day

Without it's about 150/85@85bpm

I had a reaction to a sinus medicine that caused it to spike to 200/110 @ 100bpm once
Now I just put up with a stopped up nose if I get one.
(I don't have many allergies, so it's not much of a problem)

The spike turned out to be a good thing. It got me in for a treadmill test (did great), and got me on the the beta blocker, which might not have happened with the marginal heightened bp.

My cholesterol is about 190 with high good and low bad.

[dbdg]

Mines 60bpm, Age 28

[ZokesPro]

I'm at 110bpm today, but that's normal, I'm stressed out.