Re: Resting Heart Rate - Triathlon Week

02-08-2007, 10:56 PM

On 28 Jan, 00:16, "Remi" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].ca> wrote:
> Hello, I have a polar heart rate watch, this morning I tried to get my
> resting heart rate while still laying in bed. It went as low as 36 once
> (less than a second) and I have seen it on 42 for about 5 seconds and it
> varied between 40 and 54 most of the time with more time under 50. (I
> monitored it for about 5 minutes)
>
> What should I assume my resting heart rate is? Since there is no average on
> this watch, should I assume that it is around 44 since its been in between
> 40 and under 50 most of the time?
>
> Thanks!

Why not try taking your pulse the normal way as we nurses do.... place
your forefinger over the pulse on the inside of your wrist... on the
side behind your thumb... and count it for 30 seconds then double it
for beats per minute... if it is irregular then you will get a more
accurate measurement by counting for a minute. You can also take your
pulse to the side of your Adam's apple, to the inside of your ahilles
tendon or even in your groin (not going to describe that one! The
variations you are getting are normal and your monitor is giving an
accurate but useless reading as it is sampling your very slow pulse
over too short a time, especially if it is slow.

Hope this is useful.

02-08-2007, 10:56 PM

Thanks nurse :) Yes thats what I do now, I do it manually using the thumb
on wrist method. I get a resting Heart Rate between 44 and 46. I think
thats not bad.
I'll try to lower it to 40 by this summer.

Thanks again for the tips

Remi

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> On 28 Jan, 00:16, "Remi" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].ca> wrote:
>> Hello, I have a polar heart rate watch, this morning I tried to get my
>> resting heart rate while still laying in bed. It went as low as 36 once
>> (less than a second) and I have seen it on 42 for about 5 seconds and it
>> varied between 40 and 54 most of the time with more time under 50. (I
>> monitored it for about 5 minutes)
>>
>> What should I assume my resting heart rate is? Since there is no average
>> on
>> this watch, should I assume that it is around 44 since its been in
>> between
>> 40 and under 50 most of the time?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> Why not try taking your pulse the normal way as we nurses do.... place
> your forefinger over the pulse on the inside of your wrist... on the
> side behind your thumb... and count it for 30 seconds then double it
> for beats per minute... if it is irregular then you will get a more
> accurate measurement by counting for a minute. You can also take your
> pulse to the side of your Adam's apple, to the inside of your ahilles
> tendon or even in your groin (not going to describe that one! The
> variations you are getting are normal and your monitor is giving an
> accurate but useless reading as it is sampling your very slow pulse
> over too short a time, especially if it is slow.
>
> Hope this is useful.
>