Just thought this might be a bit of fun! Count the number of beats in 15 seconds, and multiply by four, or count the number in 30 seconds and multiply by two.

What's yours?

Mine's dead on with the clock, 60 bpm.

68 b.p.m

72, but i just ran up the stairs

Don't worry Mr B, we believe you!

66bpm

68 Though it may well be because of medication.

Mine is typically 62. AP's is usually around 52, sometimes as low as 48.

Wow! I heard once of a sports teacher at my old school having a resting heart rate of about 35 - which is incredibly low. One wonders when it becomes dangerously low. Do you or AP suffer from low blood pressure?

We do happen to have a blood pressure meter at home - a spare from someone . Mine is usually 115/65 ish, AP's is usually 105-110 / 55 - 60.

I'm not a super-fit sports person either, I hasten to add - I walk from the train station to the office and back, 10 minutes each way, and that's it.

So it is quite low - that's interesting. I'm not sure what mine is exactly but whenever I see the doctor they always comment on it.

Hmm.

Find a relative with high blood pressure and a home testing machine, sit still for five minutes and then measure it. Most people have higher readings at the docs - white coat hypertension - due to anxiety about being there.

That's a good idea - I think my Grandad has got one.

66-68 on average for me.

Wasn't it said somewhere that higher RHRs were better for sprinting, and lower RHRs better for endurance, or have I remembered that wrong?

~Wobby~

Well, I'm better at endurance I know that much...

I have a fast RHR (78 or so), but I'm better at cross country than Sprinting...



I don't know why I have a fast RHR, becuase I'm not overweight, I exersize normally, and my fitness level isn't low.

Pulse rate and blood pressure aren't related though, I think? Maybe we should call in one of the doctors (the medical ones, I mean )...

According to the person that answered this question on this website, they aren't:
http://www.doctorndtv.com/FAQ/detailfaq.asp?id=1966





The same website says the average is from 60-100, so 78 isn't abnormally fast. Although one source probably isn't good enough, so maybe one of the Forum Doctors could comment!

~Wobby~

I'm better at endurance...

RESTING heart rate?

With the work load I have it's more likely to be ARresting

D, take some time brother, chill out and let us know the ways of the ticker.

I wish.............

I think mine's about 80 BPM ....

Mine is usually 58. My bp is usually 100 over 60 which is pretty good for my age i think. It comes from chasing hens and geese and and lugging hay bales about!

*hugs to diapason*

"hugs back to Nicki"

(heart rate suddenly goes up )

I got 60, my pulse didn't seem to be too regular though... never mind, I'm sure I'm ok!

80. Yay, highest so far. Or is that bad...

Mine is too high for me to be happy that I'm at all physically fit...

Recent gymn' induction:
Pulse = 60 (yay!)
BP = 130/70, which is right for me.

Yes, Pulse and blood pressure (and respiration rate) are related, though are also independent measurements.

60BPM!!!

I heard about a girl who was taken ill and ended up in hospital.
They weren't too concerned about her heart rate until someone realised that she'd been taken in after a collapse st swimming training. As a serious club swimmer her normal resting heart rate was quite low so presenting with a heart rate of something like 60 was actually a little alarming.

My resting heart rate is around 86, and has been for years - it was that when we did "the heart" at school for O level biology and it's stayed fairly constant for the 20-something years since, apart from rising to 100-odd during the later stages of pregnancy. However my blood pressure is always a bit low, at about 106 / 70, and several doctors have commented that the low BP compensates for the high RHR - not sure whether this is just a platitude or a genuine fact

I'm not particularly good at sprinting, or endurance either, and my fitness levels have varied from really quite fit, to mega unfit during the last twenty years (about average now), yet my RHR and BP have stayed more-or-less the same.

My husband has a really low RHR, below 60. I find it quite freaky when I can hear it sometimes, it's like I'm willing it to keep beating as it seems too sluggish.....but he is (and always has been) quite fit - he won a local badminton tournament on Friday night

56 BPM.
If you get too low and it's not through fitness, then that can cause problems. There may be a conductivity problem or a murmur. If it's a bit irregular and you are a teenager or over 65, probably OK, BUT, you should get it checked out. Childrens heart rates are much higher.
Bev

45-50 for me.

The lowest I ever noticed was 39 whilst sitting practically comatose in a rather boring lecture at uni.

Just taken mine - 54 beats per min. Usually below 50 if I take it first thing in the AM whilst lying down. It's cycling to and from work every day that does it.

PS - Heart rate is influenced by posture - a true resting rate should be when you're laid down I think.

I think I'm about 75 or something!! It's actually really helpful for music listening activities when they ask you the BPM of a song....because if you feel your pulse you can relate the beat of the music to that...haha!!

72
*Turns fast music off*
60
*Turns fast music on*
72
*Turns fast music off*
60

Do I spy some correlation there, or coincedence?

76

72

not bad i guess, i think 70 is average for my age

Mine's about 75 or so.

Took my 18 year old son to A&E last year after sports accident. The nurse strapped him up to wee machine for pulse reading and then looked crooked at it. She checked the wires etc again and reset it. Same thing. After telling us that she thought it must be broken she took his pulse manually - the old fashioned way. 35bpm!!
The machine had been correct. He's a tall guy, 6'2" and very fit. So, goes to show you. I thought the norm was about 70's to 80's for most folks. I wouldn't have thought such a low reading was possible in a healthy person.

I just counted mine at 80 (and I am quite fit)
I have low blood pressure and have been told my fast pulse balances this.

The most alarming thing I discovered is that it took several attempts to get through 15 seconds of pulse counting without being interupted by someone - just like it's impossible to play a complete piece of music when you're name is "Mum" .

My resting heart rate is 85 ( a friend who is a doc took it for me this morning). Whoops..... It's a tad high but I suspect I have hyperthyroidism.... and have a blood test at end of week!!!!