What Does Your Resting Heart Rate Say About You?

You may have heard the term Resting Heart Rate many times when people analyse their physical conditioning but what does it really mean?

Join Anna and Rick as they delve deep into the science behind your heart rate - and specifically, what your RESTING heart rate can tell you about your health.

Do you regularly measure your RHR? Do you monitor it while running? Let us know your heart rate tips in the comments below.

What’s in this video?
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - What is resting heart rate?
02:19 - What Do The Numbers Mean?
03:32 - How Do I Work Out My Resting Heart Rate?
04:51 - How Can I Improve My Resting Heart Rate?

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[RunAllTheMiles]

15 years ago when I had cancer, was overweight, smoked and drank my resting hr was over 100, these days it's in the low 40's 😀👍

[kennynash]

My resting heart rate was in the 90's when I was overweight. I lost 60lbs while getting back in to shape/ changing my diet and it dropped in to the 50's!

[paulfaulkner]

My average resting heartrate is around 43 bpm. I measure it every night. I used to be a diabetic - but took up cycling 3 years ago, lost most of the weight and reversed the diabetes

[neshiah]

I’m 60, have a RHR of 45. Always made the effort and kept in shape. Work as a groundsman so am always active; do yoga every other day.

[burkhardklotzke]

I'm 68, doing (a lot of) sports for 50 years, resting heartrate is around 60, have no sickness. And I dring really a lot of coffee, for over 50 years ! (black, no sugar).
I am so happy/lucky that I found my path to sports as a young man.

[danielaknecht]

One thing I would like to add is fluctuation in women's RHR when they are going as they are going through their cycle. 5 beats more per minute in a woman might just mean she is in the last half of her cycle and I would be willing to bet that has an impact on how training efforts feel.
When I noticed how reliably my RHR changes based on my cycle I was baffled and fascinated. It makes perfect sense, but also it might just screw up your using your RHR as in indicator for overtraining, illness, etc.

[herrwabbaloo]

49yo male, 6’-1”, 215 lbs, RHR of 80 just now. I’ve been getting back into shape since July (1 hr calisthenics for 3x/week), and finally started running again (3x/week) after not running since 2013! with a goal of completing a 10k race in March. This channel is great, so much info and motivation.

[innesdunbar]

Mine is normally around 40 - 42, but gets recorded lower during the night by my Garmin most nights. I recorded 37 in an ECG in a pre op before a hernia op a few years ago, the Nurse was so worried, she called a Doctor in, the doctor checked me out and said to keep doing what I was doing! I'm 52, so, happy with it being so low.

[Merritt]

Coming up to 50 year old and my resting HR is 43, very happy with that.

[kimberlyadams]

Would love to see a video on the effects of consistently running in the Heart Rate Zone 2, and how long it typically takes to see results once you've switched to the 80% very easy 20% hard running method.

[bpg]

I love geeking out on heart rate related data. Thanks!

[arthanarieswaran]

Good to see you Anna after a break, welcome 💐

[spiderjump]

My lowest resting rate was 46-50 beats per minute when I was 19. I was serving national service in Singapore ( compulsory for all males) and was training to pass the standard obstacle course. We would run with boots and fatigues and webbing and carrying a rifle and 2 water bottles ( fully filled) over 1.5 km clearing obstacles. The training consists of doing the course once with full gear . Then another round without the water bottles . Then one last round with the rifle only.
4.5 km in total . We started training usually 2 months before the test date and we would get super fit .

[warwick]

I’ve got a low RHR but it really doesn’t mean anything because everyone’s HR is different through genetics. Like Rick said…tracking your RHR and lowering it through exercise is more important. And like Ana always says…comparison is the thief of joy so focus on your own training LOL Great Video

[avinashbhogun]

Good topic. My HR is all over the place (post covid) but slowly getting there! :)

[daenathedreamy]

Menstruation is also a huge factor. When approaching the period the resting heart rate increases. For me it’s between 5 and 10 bpm. I could predict my period solely based on resting heart rate.

[davidmehlhorn]

My RHR is between 37-41 bpm. I’m 54 and exercise daily. I run 10kms one day, workout with weights for an hour the next and repeat. I make sure I have a minimum of 10, 000 steps a day, usually more. Eat well and try not to get stressed too often.

[BatDragonLuver]

I am in my early 30s and I recently started to track my bmp. I don't really exercise (the pandemic made me pretty homely and I work from home, so there is no need for me to go out) and my resting heart rate is between 60-75. When I get up every hour to do my "steps" on my tracker, I can get my heart to 115 bmp. I went to the ER not too long ago because I thought I had heart issues due to anxiety palpitations and they mentioned everything was healthy. I am definitely going to start exercising more to keep this muscle working for a very long time.

[branninhansson]

I’ve been lifting weights for 3-4 years now and my RHR is 46-48. I don’t do any cardio, but I’m gonna start it up.

[bmwm]

Video was great.
I would like to see a video on heart rate variability (HRV). Many athletics using the info to recover and training.