[Closed] heart rate, what is resting?

rest is not asleep but it is a period of inactivity

Out of curiosity I wore a HRM to bed a while back so I could take it as soon as I awoke and it was 43 bpm. Not sure if that's the correct time to take it though.

i've heard that you should take it before you get up in the morning (but not asleep, which would make it tricky)?

Given the number of variables that can impact on your heart rate, it's probably best to take it at the same time, while doing the same thing.

Essentially, resting heart rate is usually taken in the morning just as you wake up.

Although I would suggest that it is of little actual value; if it was different on the morning of a race, would you stay in bed and not go?

...or would you go anyway?

...and therefore why bother recording it?

Mulletus Maximus - Member

Out of curiosity I wore a HRM to bed a while back so I could take it as soon as I awoke and it was 43 bpm.

That;s the reason i'm asking, i had a heart rate monitor on from hospital for 48 hours, due to a funny ticker. 33bpm - max 96 (nothing exciting on telly that weekend)

I always thought it was as soon as you wake up. A willy waving 38bpm btw 😀

Take it every morning when you wake up for about a week, and then use the average.

A heart rate monitor or an ECG recorder? There is a difference.

I always thought it was as soon as you wake up. A willy waving 38bpm btw

If you can wave you willy just after waking up then you have bigger issues to worry about that resting heart rate.

Depends on how many of them little blue pills I have. 😳 😀

crikey - Member
A heart rate monitor or an ECG recorder? There is a difference.

An ECG recorder. Obviously records heart rate too though. It stores it all and notes any odd goings on (unfortuhatly there were a few)

It turns out that i have a hole in my heart, that allows the blood from one half back into the other. It's quite common, but normally corrects itself in childhood. Mine wasn't even found until last year (i'm 37). Apart from that it seems ok, but have to go to regular trips to the cardiologist until they find out what it actually going on.

They think that my heart slows down, rather than speeds up when i initially start to exercise. Only tempory thou, until heart rate picks up then it's all good. Had lots of treadmill tests etc.

Had a shitty couple of years of sketchy health really, getting fed up with it now.

My 21 month old daughter had a heart rate of 220 at rest last week in the midst of a nasty infection. She spent a day in the hosp.

I always thought it was as soon as you wake up. A willy waving 38bpm btw
If you can wave you willy just after waking up then you have bigger issues to worry about that resting heart rate.

if it's only 38 while willy waving you must have a two stroke engine 😀

I took my daughters heart rate to check my heart rate/watch thing, she is almost 4, it was 174! she was just wandering round the house, peppa pig wasn't even on. Kids have a pretty high rate compared to us old folk. Hope your daughter has recoved now toys.

I think that we all develop in the womb with a hole, which heals shortly after birth in most people? If it doesn't heal it can remain undetected if it isn't too bad.

My brother was seriously bent recently (mini stroke) after a Channel dive. Three days in Hossy in Le Havre, 3 decom sessions in a pressure chamber. Turns out he stifled a sneeze during ascent which forced bubbles across the heart (through the hole he didn't know he had) & up to his brain. He's had a small op (keyhole through the femoral vein) to cover the hole & has tests later this week to see how it's gone.

He's OK btw, just won't be diving again for a while.

Alexathorne - Hope your tests work out OK.

Alex cheers, the docs told me 220 was not abnormal for a mildly sick child.. She's fighting fit again now.

My resting heart rate is like a baby rabbits foot drumming away!