Mine is high 50's low 60's.

Feel pulse, count the number of beats for 15 seconds, multiply by 4.

78

60

Why?

70's somewhere, but i've just had a couple of beers at lunch :s

now drinking coke 0

Five big macs

60-65

60 but i am well & truly at rest. orrrrjeh.

same as yours billy, although I did just come back from the crapper

Like you can do a resting heart rate at work.

100bpm exactly

Am I unhealthy?

80 is that bad?

Put my heart rate monitor on, 98bpm.

Always been extremely high... when I race I top out at a healthy 180bpm.

obes is angry because he's overweight and it's probably in the 90's / 100's

Like you can do a resting heart rate at work.

i'm at work :D duzznt get much more restful than this.

Humm just did it again and it's now 68.... steady.

45

Higher it is means you are probably over weight and dont exercise enough

60-80 is around average

max rate is 220 - age

should train around 60% of ur max to lose weight

last edited by TiT at 15:38:24 14/Feb/08

75

gosh i dont even have a heartbeat. is that bad?

^^^ Not if you're a vampire

are you a vampire?

64

Went to hospital today..

45 before and 47 a few hrs after operation :)

Hell- I feel like I could go 12 rounds right now. :P

TiT: You do TKD 6/7 times a week yeah? Are you in the olympic team for this year?
You TKD guys are pretty fit :P

last edited by Morgan at 15:57:49 14/Feb/08

90-100.. ugh

56

56

Did it 3 Times; 60, 64 and 66...

But anyone that knows me knows that i'm pretty un-fit. So I cant see how 60-80 is average... I'm not fat... yet. But i'm ~15kg heavier then I was 3-4 years ago...

when it comes to health and wellbeing, genetics count for more then ANYTHING else.

If you are lazy yours kids are prob gonna be lazy though.

If your ancestors were fit and healthy, you probs am gonna be healthy even if you are lazy.

75 and an extremely lazy lifestyle.

52, 72, 64,

all over the shop

last edited by E.T. at 16:16:36 14/Feb/08

hey morgan i missed out on the olympic team and just got kicked out the shadow team :( :(
taekwondo is in a little bit of strife at the moment...
but yeh hoping for next olympics :) :) :)
going to NZ for comp next month...

the faster the heart rate just means ur heart needs to work more to pump the blood... like everything... the more work it needs to do the less miles u will get....

last edited by TiT at 16:13:34 14/Feb/08

i dont like taking my pulse as it makes me faint and whoosey

just that pattern of pumping, im feeling a little ill thinking about it right now

40 - 60 is pretty good. The lower end might be dodgey depending on your body stats. Up around 80 is probably getting a bit too fast.

Guys who's heart rates are up at about 100 should be concerned... get some physical exercise up ya.

Ahh that sucks bro. Good luck to ya making the olly team for 2012. Keep up the hard training and be mentally strong and you'll be sweet.

Why is TKD in a bit of strife? It's not my fav. sport by far but I think it's fine where it is.

50 after 4 espresso's hahaha s*** I need a new drug

get some physical exercise up ya

don't forget to stretch properly first :/

exercise doesnt always help. you can be as fit as a fiddle and still have a high heart rate.

88, but im overweight and only exersise once a week at the moment.

84. stress ++

80, after a long black, two wines and a tonne of sugary food.. hardly drink any caffine in last 3 months so I am buzzing.

gosh i dont even have a heartbeat. is that bad?

not if you're a lawyer.

45

28 (7 x 4 i ran out of fingers at 7 and i was wearing shoes)

44bpm

84 for me

think mein was like 68

what does maximum heart rate mean? if your max is 'X' does that mean you shouldn't be able to exceed 'X' during exercies?

pretty much

and you use it to determine the right zone for exercise, depending what type you're doing and what you're aiming for

76 and it goes faster/slower as I breathe in & out, wtfhax

der....

hold your breath and try it

92, but i wouldnt say im very rested and relaxed

60-65. Not too bad, not the best.

What the hell? Once again, surprisingly (NOT) a lot of misinformation in this thread.

A normal resting heart rate is between 60 - 80 bpm (approx). Anything significantly outside of this range at rest could be caused by a number of important medical conditions, and sometimes its a variation of normal. A resting heart rate of 100bpm is not normal. A resting heart rate of 35bpm is not normal. It IS normal however for heart rate to vary with respiration - it increases with inspiration, as more blood is forced to the heart, and decreases again on expiration...

sister smack down billy

60

it increases with inspiration

hehe

der....

hold your breath and try it

60 if I hold my breath

I think we should now start another thread seeing how long we can each hold our breath for.

I just held mine for 1:18

over 100, but I have a heart condition.

56-58

Time it for a minute not this 15s hold your breath thing.

Happy enough, no olympic athlete though :(

A gurl stole my heart :(

about 60, used to be lower though =(

A gurl stole my heart :(

awwww....

in the 60s

On a rest week my RHR is about 44. On any normal working week after decent rest it's around 49.
MHR is 195, VO2max is 62ml/kg/min. VO2 threshold at ~180. Have to recalculate my LTHR (Lactate Threshold) in two weeks, after the crits championships.

Edit: FWIW, right now my RHR is 71 - though I just finished racing a crit (45 minutes) 90 minutes ago.

last edited by Raven at 21:40:48 14/Feb/08

talk propper silly man

Put my heart rate monitor on, 98bpm.

Always been extremely high... when I race I top out at a healthy 180bpm.

CHUB, You race at the front of C grade crits... how the f*** can you have an RHR of 98!? I just assume you measured this while lying down etc?

Is 180 your MHR or VO2 threshold? From what I understand you're younger than me - for your RHR to be that high and MHR to be that low (relatively), something seems very wrong.

talk propper silly man

RHR is resting heart rate. Measured lying down.
MHR is maximum heart rate. Either calculated or seen for less than a 5 second extreme effort (the most I've actually seen is 191).
VO2max is measures in ml/kg/min - it's your lung capacity. It tells you the number of milliliters of oxygen per kilogram of body weight per minute that your lungs can take in and distribute to the bloodstream. The higher this value the better.
LTHR is your lactate threshold heart rate. This is the heart rate at which lactate starts to rapidly accumulate in the blood and muscles, at a rate which the body cannot clear it fast enough, causing muscle fatigue.

All these figures give you a better idea of fitness than just resting heart rate.

I'm overweight and have a resting heart rate of 62bpm with perfect blood pressure, excellent blood work and a cholesterol level of 2.1..

My GP hates me :P

are you still smashing that weight off gesthemene ?

72, sitting

64

88, 80, 72 :S

65~ or so now that i have no beer or caffeine in me

62 with no caffine or alcohol since yesterday.

64, sitting down at work

80, 76, 80

I'm fit looking but im not fit

i think we need an acetame assessment of mr hardwares fitness.

72, I blame the caffeine

55-60.

60-65.

80-95 when excercising.

nice result acetame

60-65.

80-95 when excercising.

You're resting when exercising? Because if you're at 80-95, you're not really exercising now are you?

you'd want atleast 120+ while exercising..

again that depends on what you're trying to achieve could be more, but not less

You're resting when exercising? Because if you're at 80-95, you're not really exercising now are you?

clearly, he's added some additional info regarding his heartbeat while exercising.

80, i'm getting psyched up for squash at 6.

errr. i was feeling my heart beat not the pulse on my arm and it was 48bpm...

60

I just did it twice, got exactly 71 both times.

errr. i was feeling my heart beat not the pulse on my arm and it was 48bpm...

?

Well I felt the pulse in my arm and it seemed fast but then I felt the duh dom of my heart on my chest and it was roughly 48bpm (duh doms).

40-41 when i was training but thats the fittest i've been, i miss those days. 47 now..

It isn't a golf score, lower doesn't mean better.

It isn't a golf score, lower doesn't mean better.

haha reckon

Straight out of Wikipedia.

When resting, the average adult human heart beats at about 70 bpm (males) and 75 bpm (females); however, this rate varies among people and can be significantly lower in athletes.

what's your point with that quote and the bolding?

what's your point with that quote and the bolding?

I think he's trying to say that wikipedia is calling him an athlete because his heartrate is 48bpm.

ahh the ol duh doms ay

Edit: mines 64
But i just skydived into my back yard 5 seconds ago and jumped straight onto QGL.
Thats how hardcore i am.

last edited by Fnukle at 09:57:19 16/Feb/08

were you wearing fresh gruds?

A few reasons why athletes can have low pulse rates is because they tend to have more hemoglobin in their blood and their lungs are more efficient at loading the hemoglobin with oxygen so they don't need to pump as much blood around the body.

If you have a low heart rate and you don't do hardcore exercising you may have a problem. Your body may not be getting all the oxygen it needs, specially around the peripheral limbs.

I think he's trying to say that wikipedia is calling him an athlete because his heartrate is 48bpm.

Or its saying that my heart is kinda stuffed? Coz im not an athlete yet...

A few reasons why athletes can have low pulse rates is because they tend to have more hemoglobin in their blood and their lungs are more efficient at loading the hemoglobin with oxygen so they don't need to pump as much blood around the body.

If you have a low heart rate and you don't do hardcore exercising you may have a problem. Your body may not be getting all the oxygen it needs, specially around the peripheral limbs.

That's only part of it.
The heart is like any other muscle, and when used more will increase in size, giving it more strength and volume.
Your lung capacity (as I mentioned before, measured as VO2max in ml/kg/min) also determines how much oxygen you can take in (and hence, get to your heart for distribution) and distribute around the body.
A lower blood pressure also reduces the need for more beats to distribute blood.

Keep in mind that as you get older your MHR (and hence, RHR etc) all come down a bit. An MHR or 205 is pretty normal for an 18 year old, whereas in a 40 year old it'll generally be down around the 180 mark or lower.

I smashed myself at the gym yesterday and got a lot of PB's for my weights. Burned over 1000 calories just during the time I was at the gym. Heart rate (using a monitor) didn't seem to get above 180's.

Well its funny you mention the exercise thing, when i was racing bikes my RHR was still in the 40's or low 50's but i'd top out at 210 bpm under stress. Then the loverly cardiologist gave me some pills to 'maybe, prevent' a hereditory condition i have (which has never been a problem in 24 years) and all of a sudden 110-120 bpm is the hardest i can go, wave goodbye to half my fitness! (n)

The heart is like any other muscle, and when used more will increase in size, giving it more strength and volume.

There is an optimum size for the heart. A problem that can happen to obese people is that there heart has to pump harder to push the blood around a greater area. This causes the heart to bulk up with muscle. As the heart bulks up it eventually gets to the point where the left ventricle starts getting smaller in volume because the muscle is taking up too much room. This results in a lower blood output volume and decreases efficiency of the heart.

So in essence, eat heaps so ur heart gets big then lose all the weight when ur heart is pwning?

:P

Yes. Yes i was wearing fresh Gruds Jim
However I prefer the term 'Massive Wang Holster' as 'Gruds' fails to mention the word 'Massive'.

but if you're wearing them...