How accurate is your resting heart rate as a measurement of fitness?
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The resting heart rate is a base line. The real indicator of fitness is how quickly your heart rate returns to that base line after it is elevated. Try doing a one minute step test -- just up and down on a step for one minute -- measure your heart rate as soon as you stop, then measure it at 30 second intervals and see how long it takes to return to normal. The fitter you are, the faster it comes down.
423176
in each age a healthy individual should be 68-72 bpm.however if your an athlete should be abit lower.its just like blood pressure,if your healthy.if your not then it will be higher unless you take blood pressure meds. however i have not met many people over 60 that had a great blood pressure without medication.
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Straight from the American Heart Association page:  \n\nYour maximum heart rate is about 220 minus your age. The figures above are averages, so use them as general guidelines. Your target heart rate is between 50-75% of that number.  So, for example, if you are 30, your target heart is 95-142 beats per minute.
874911
a normal resting pulse should be between 60 and 100 bpm
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The minimum for basic cardiovascular fitness is 30 minutes 3 times a week at an above average pace.  Jogging, Swimming, Biking are good examples.  \n\n    You should also do something of moderate activity for at least 1 hour daily.  Walking or doing yard work are good examples of this.
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One calculator I found suggested that even for a very fit person, a workout rate between 138 and 177 is suggested at your age.\n\nA thread on another site had this comment:\n\n"I checked the other thread with this subject: "High heart rate during exercize" and decided to ask my MD. He is a healthy living guru and cycles extensively. I told him my blood pressure and resting heart rate (57) are extremly low, but my exercize heart rate is extremely high (175 - 190). His suggestion was strength training. He said a regular routine of lifting weights will strengthen all my muscles including my heart muscles, which should bring my heart rate into a more acceptable range."\n\nJust to be safe, you might want to check with your doctor.
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60-80 beats per minute
145959
cardio is great for that. and yes a hour is fine, you only need 30 minutes of elevated heart rate a day for good health. but if you can do the hour keep it up good work.
218649
Depending on age, health, body size and how much excercise you get will determine how often yor heart beats. To test it, take your middle and index fingers and press the tips together against your radial artery. To find it, follow your themb down to your wrist until you hit a soft indentation just below the "meaty" portion of your thumb, palm facing you. Look at the seconds of a clock and count how many beats you feel in a 15 second period. Multiply it by 4 to see how many beats per minute you have. Keep multiplying to find out how many you do in a day. Enjoy!
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mine is about 55-60...not an athlete but i do a lot of physical labor at work and no Dr has said anything about my heart beat being too low...i believe the lower the better...within reason of course, it means that your heart doesn't have to work as hard to move your blood throughout your body
366655
it is better for your heart to beat slower, but not too slow. A healthy person who is in shape has resting a heart rate around 60 beats per minute.
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A good heart rate is 120/80 - resting.
100887
Maybe not promotes but gives you a good guideline. An elevated heart rate in exercise is necessary to burn calories and fat but it can also warn you if have over exerted yourself and helps you set a pace that meets your needs. Depending on what kind of shape you are in affects your exercising heart the more out of shape the higher the heart rate.
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its normal. when do you take your resting heart rate?If you take it during the day when you aren't doing anything odds are it will still be higher then usual. Take it before you go t obed and whe nyou wake up in the morning
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a normal pulse rate is 60-100. You may need a physical if your HR and BP are up and has never done this before. You may just be out of shape or pushing yourself more, but it may be something more serious like heart rhythm prob or defects, anemia, etc.
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60-80 beats per minute is considered a normal heart rate.
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average pulse rate is 60-80 beats per minute.\n\nthe best time to try to determine your true resting pulse rate is take it right when you wake up in the morning.\n\npulse rate can decrease with exercise, esp with cardio training. The heart gets stronger and doesn't have to pump "as often". It's not uncommon to find people with good cardiovasular conditioning to have resting pulse rates in the 50s.