What is your resting heart rate?

[Slick]

A few years back I had an ECG to check the heart electrics as part of my healthy 40's checkup. All came back good on that front, no idea about how the heart plumbing is holding up.

That's the rub, very few ever know.

 

[ADarkDraconis]

According to my phone's health app (it makes me put my finger over the camera sensor?) it seems to be 60s. I am trying to lower my stress, so maybe that will go down as well.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Resting HR was 47 this morning. Nicely rested.

 

[HLaB]

I think my sleeping HR is a min of 35 and my awake resting HR is 35-45bpm.

Jeez what a difference a week makes, I came down with food poisoning last Saturday and my resting HR now after my stomach getting back to normalish is 67bpm

 

[Levo-Lon]

Mines around 65-70 ...which is great for my intresting life choices.
Sadly it seems to fizzle out at 160+ and leaves me feeling i need to stop.

I wish i had the push it gene , id like to have that as im very competitive.

 

[The Jogger]

I’d also understood the best measure of fitness was one’s recovery rate. However I thought 20 per minute was considered good and anyone with a recovery rate of 12 or less has a problem.

Even better, thanks.

 

[PaulSB]

That's the rub, very few ever know.

It’s a huge problem. I had a heart attack aged 61 in October 2015. Long story, I thought I’d simply bonked on a ride, but decided, as things didn’t feel “quite right,” that as a man in his 60s perhaps I should pop down to A&E. Being a cyclist possibly saved me from at the least a very serious heart attack.

The rehab nurses made it clear that while most men know to look out for testicular lumps or peeing difficulty most are unaware of the warning signs from the heart. Apparently it’s even worse in women.

 

[Slick]

It’s a huge problem. I had a heart attack aged 61 in October 2015. Long story, I thought I’d simply bonked on a ride, but decided, as things didn’t feel “quite right,” that as a man in his 60s perhaps I should pop down to A&E. Being a cyclist possibly saved me from at the least a very serious heart attack.

The rehab nurses made it clear that while most men know to look out for testicular lumps or peeing difficulty most are unaware of the warning signs from the heart. Apparently it’s even worse in women.

I didn't know that it was worse for women but I do know it's a huge issue. We've all got long stories to tell and there's plenty waiting to shoot them down, so all I'll say is, I'm glad you were fortunate to get another chance, not everyone is.

 

[PaulSB]

@Slick I’m no expert but apparently women are more likely to be unaware of a heart attack than men. The symptoms can manifest themselves other than in the chest.

My symptoms were a complete loss of energy, couldn’t ride faster than 8mph, and “discomfort,” that’s all, behind my ribs on my back. I rode 10 miles to a railway station passing an A&E on the way!!!!!!

 

[Slick]

@Slick I’m no expert but apparently women are more likely to be unaware of a heart attack than men. The symptoms can manifest themselves other than in the chest.

My symptoms were a complete loss of energy, couldn’t ride faster than 8mph, and “discomfort,” that’s all, behind my ribs on my back. I rode 10 miles to a railway station passing an A&E on the way!!!!!!

Wow, sounds like you were very fortunate. I know cycling is meant to be great for heart health but not when your actually having an attack.

I was out on the bikes with my brother on a very hilly challenge ride and I knew there was something wrong as he is head and shoulders ahead of me on the bike, but eventually he admitted he was having chest pains. He was fitted with 5 stents a few days later but never actually had an attack.

 

[ADarkDraconis]

@Slick I’m no expert but apparently women are more likely to be unaware of a heart attack than men. The symptoms can manifest themselves other than in the chest.

My symptoms were a complete loss of energy, couldn’t ride faster than 8mph, and “discomfort,” that’s all, behind my ribs on my back. I rode 10 miles to a railway station passing an A&E on the way!!!!!!

My best friend went home after work one day and thought he was having an asthma attack, he just couldn't catch his breath and felt dizzy but none of the chest pains or pain in your arm or anything. Ambulance was called, he fell into a coma and was hospitalized, and diagnosed as having a massive heart attack. He passed three days later at age 45. Ironically four days prior to his attack he had been to his cardiologist who had told him all was looking good, he had stopped smoking and lost a bit of weight and was 'doing great'.

My father thought he had a cold that wouldn't let up and after a few days he went to the Emergency room thinking he had the flu, only to find that he had had a heart attack days back and needed an emergency stent and that a wall of his heart wasn't working. He lived but still didn't wake up and take care of himself, even after all that and knowing that our entire family had heart problems.

My feeling is that if you feel at all abnormal and are even the least bit concerned, better to be safe than sorry. And for women, here in the US heart disease is the number one cause of death; I feel because more ladies are aware of the symptoms of breast cancer and the like but don't know how symptoms of heart issues can show up in entirely different ways and how common of a danger it can be!

 

[Drago]

Mine was the most incredible stomach pain. Never known anything like it.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I am reading this at the moment, very interesting as it talks about heart issues and disease amongst athletes. You may not consider yourself an athlete but if you exercise a lot it may be of interest.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Haywire-He...&qid=1521319631&sr=8-1&keywords=haywire+heart

 

[gbb]

Right now its 64 bmp but as I have a cold and a tad unwell, I suspect it's a bit high.

 

[Slick]

My best friend went home after work one day and thought he was having an asthma attack, he just couldn't catch his breath and felt dizzy but none of the chest pains or pain in your arm or anything. Ambulance was called, he fell into a coma and was hospitalized, and diagnosed as having a massive heart attack. He passed three days later at age 45. Ironically four days prior to his attack he had been to his cardiologist who had told him all was looking good, he had stopped smoking and lost a bit of weight and was 'doing great'.

I'm really sorry to hear that, it's a terrible disease that affects so many.