Am sitting here doing a little surfing and am well amazed to see my heart rate in the mid 50's ....
what's yours ? is this normal

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Chris Garwood wrote:
> Am sitting here doing a little surfing and am well amazed to see my heart rate in the mid 50's
> .... what's yours ? is this normal

Mine is usually in low 40s, occasionally I'll check when I wake up in the morning and it'll be just
under 40. It's acceptable if your cardiopulmonary system is fit (low resting heart rate is one
indication). Means your heart is working more efficiently than the hearts of "normal" people (72 is
about average). Keep up the good work.

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:45:24 +0100, Chris Garwood did issue forth:

> Am sitting here doing a little surfing and am well amazed to see my heart rate in the mid 50's
> .... what's yours ? is this normal

Mine's often in the mid 50's myself.

Anything that is less than 1 beat per minute is to be considered really bad.

Huw "I've got a healthy hear........ *thunk*

"Chris Garwood" <reply@to.group> wrote in message news:3f26dcaf$1_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> Am sitting here doing a little surfing and am well amazed to see my heart rate in the mid 50's
> .... what's yours ? is this normal

Do small folk have higher rates than big folk, all else being equal?

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cyclist101 <nut@nut.nut> wrote in message news:<3F26EFA7.4010005@nut.nut>...
> Chris Garwood wrote:
> > Am sitting here doing a little surfing and am well amazed to see my heart rate in the mid 50's
> > .... what's yours ? is this normal
>
> Mine is usually in low 40s, occasionally I'll check when I wake up in the morning and it'll be
> just under 40. It's acceptable if your cardiopulmonary system is fit (low resting heart rate is
> one indication). Means your heart is working more efficiently than the hearts of "normal" people
> (72 is about average). Keep up the good work.

I've got the same stats as nut.nut above. But recovery rate and VO2 max are also good indicators of
cardio fitness. Low blood pressure is generally a good thing, to.

Paladin

It's how often your heart beats in a given period of time.

HTH, HAND.

Shaun aRe

Chris Garwood <reply@to.group> wrote in message news:<3f26dcaf$1_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>...
> Am sitting here doing a little surfing and am well amazed to see my heart rate in the mid 50's
> .... what's yours ? is this normal

500

JD hummingbird

bomba wrote:
> Miguel Indurain had a resting hr of 26.

I've seen several different rates for Indurain. From Lance's website:

Ever wondered what kind of numbers the boy can generate? Lance's coach, Chris Carmichael sent us
these key stats for LA:

Resting heart rate: 32-34
VO2ml/kg: 83.8 Max power at VO2: 600 watts Max heart rate: 201 Lactate Threshold HR: 178 Time Trial
HR: 188-192 Pedal rpm's during TT: 95-100 Climbing rpm's: 80-85, sometimes faster when
attacking Average HR during endurance rides (4-6 hrs): 124-128 Average watts during endurance
rides: 245-280 watts Training miles/hours, endurance rides: 5- 6 hrs / 100-130miles

http://www.lancearmstrong.com/faq.html

cyclist101 wrote:
> Mine is usually in low 40s, occasionally I'll check when I wake up in the morning and it'll be
> just under 40. It's acceptable if your cardiopulmonary system is fit (low resting heart rate is
> one indication). Means your heart is working more efficiently than the hearts of "normal" people
> (72 is about average). Keep up the good work.

Correction. I meant cardioVASCULAR. Just finished reading an article on incidence of pulmonary
embolisms when I posted. Sorry. :-)

Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
>>Am sitting here doing a little surfing and am well amazed to see my heart rate in the mid 50's
>>.... what's yours ? is this normal
>
> Do small folk have higher rates than big folk, all else being equal?

Not in my experience. Healthy children and other healthy short people will have heart rates and
pulse strengths that match individual cardiovascular conditioning levels.

The consistently lowest resting heart rate I'm aware of was tennis star Bjorn Borg's, which was
reportedly 35 bpm. President Bush's is in the low 40s. Neither man is exactly "smaller folk," but
just thought I'd throw it out.

cyclist101 wrote:

> The consistently lowest resting heart rate I'm aware of was tennis star Bjorn Borg's, which was
> reportedly 35 bpm. President Bush's is in the low 40s. Neither man is exactly "smaller folk," but
> just thought I'd throw it out.

Miguel Indurain had a resting hr of 26.

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"Anything that is less than 1 beat per minute is to be considered really bad."

Huh? Where's your source for that? If it's true then there must be many fit people out there who are close to death (on a sliding scale from 60 down)...

"troyq" <usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com> wrote in message news:3f28799c$1_3@news.chariot.net.au...
> Huw Pritchard wrote:

> "Anything that is less than 1 beat per minute is to be considered really bad."
>
> Huh? Where's your source for that? If it's true then there must be many fit people out there who
> are close to death (on a sliding scale from 60 down)...

Read it again, Comprehendo.

*SECOND* Time The Charm Bill

hmm... minute, second... almost the same... i'll just go sit in the corner now.

Troy grateful that his h/r is greater than 1bpm, but not at this moment.

"troyq" <usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com> wrote in message news:3f289b7b$1_4@news.chariot.net.au...
> Sorni wrote:
> > "troyq" <usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com> wrote in message
news:3f28799c-
> > $1_3@news.chariot.net.aunews:3f28799c$1_3@news.chariot.net.au...

> > > Huw Pritchard wrote: "Anything that is less than 1 beat per minute is to be considered
> > > really bad."
> > >
> > > Huh? Where's your source for that? If it's true then there must be many fit people out there
> > > who are close to death (on a sliding scale from 60 down)...

> > Read it again, Comprehendo. *SECOND* Time The Charm Bill

> hmm... minute, second... almost the same... i'll just go sit in the corner now.
>
> Troy grateful that his h/r is greater than 1bpm, but not at this moment.

How dare you take some kidding good-naturedly?!? Get the fvck outta here!!!

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