I am curious about your name, row run bike. I would like to know about running bikes if there is such a thing and rowing bikes. Please fill me in.RowRunBike said:It's important to know that a high or low resting hear rate doesn't indicate your speed on a bike our even your endurance. Nor does a high or low max heart rate.
I can make mine drop by about the same amount just by thinking "go lower, damn you!" a few times.gntlmn said:I can make mine drop about 6 bpm by just thinking about total relaxation...
When I started cycling my resting HR was around 56-57.. now (2 and a half years later; and earlier, at the end of last summer) it's in the high 30s.starship said:Almost embarrassed! Just started cycling, and just started checking my morning resting heart rate. I figured 56 is not two bad, as the national average (non riders) is 72?
So I’ve got room for improvement. Ride On Sam
I'm a little shocked at my own results... I have dropped from a resting HR of 72 BPM down to 62 BPM in the course of a couple of weeks.rek said:When I started cycling my resting HR was around 56-57.. now (2 and a half years later; and earlier, at the end of last summer) it's in the high 30s.
resting HR drops pretty quickly with trainingRedSky said:I'm a little shocked at my own results... I have dropped from a resting HR of 72 BPM down to 62 BPM in the course of a couple of weeks.
Some of that has to be just normal variation, right? I only started cycling again for real about two months ago.
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corin said:The thing that's really amazing to me is when you look at the HR's for some of these guys while they are racing! I remember looking at Knaven's on a long road stage where they were riding something like 30MPH for 4+ straight hours with some good rolling terrain, his average HR for the day was only 135. Also, his max that day was only something like 168. I hit that coming up the hill I live on. My resting HR is in the high 40's but for me 135 is a recovery ride or a long slow ride, not a TDF stage!
Thats very lowricstern said:actual power output can be exceedingly low when finishing in the lead group on a flat stage (i.e., 98 W).
dkrice said:In my thirties, my resting rate used to hover around 36... of course I'd get dizzy if I stood up too fast, but that's a different issue. Now, as I approach fifty, my heart rate averages about 42. My pet peeve is maximum heartrate guidelines, upon which so much training advice is based. If I push myself to nearly exploding capacity, my HR maxes out at 145... I can never approach the 170-175 range that is recommended (i.e. 220 minus your age). So much for generic training rules. Bottom line: if it feels like you're training hard, you probably are!
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