Resting Heart Rate. Low?

[StinkyPinky]

I was playing around with an app that tests my heart rate and it varies from 43 to approx 60. Usually in the mid 50s on average. This seems low to me? I'm not that fit, i run a few times a week. My BMI is about 23. I checked it during exercise and it seems normal then, around 150. Should I bring this up with the doc?

I also looked at the heart rate on my blood pressure reading (about a dozen) and they range from 49 to 60-something.

 

[pauldun170]

I was playing around with an app that tests my heart rate and it varies from 43 to approx 60. Usually in the mid 50s on average. This seems low to me? I'm not that fit, i run a few times a week. My BMI is about 23. I checked it during exercise and it seems normal then, around 150. Should I bring this up with the doc?

I also looked at the heart rate on my blood pressure reading (about a dozen) and they range from 49 to 60-something.

Heart rate seems pretty normal for a casual runner using common monitors out there.

 

[deadlyapp]

A very good resting heartrate would be betweeen 45-60. My resting HR is generally low 40's during sleep and low 50's at rest awake. HR during exercise can peak up to 185-190. 31yr old male BMI 26, BF% around 16-17%.

 

[spacejamz]

Do you feel dizzy when you work out? that would definitely be a bad sign...

It probably wouldn't be bad idea if your primary care physician referred you to cardiologist just to run an EKG to make sure everything checks out...

I am not that fit either (I'm 50 with a BMI of 28 , 22% BF but I do run about 15-20 miles a week) and my resting heart rate is around 48....I did the EKG thing about 2 years ago and they didn't see anything abnormal. They basically said only worry if I start to get dizzy or more out of breath than usual when I am exercising...

 

[mike8675309]

Resting heart rate is fine, what's your blood pressure? That resting heart rate and normal blood pressure and you shouldn't have a problem.

 

[Scarpozzi]

We're all wound a little differently. Between body type, age, BMI, blood type, and activity levels, those numbers are going to be different. Just remember resting heart rate, time of day, stress, etc can make things vary. It's good to monitor it and write the numbers down so you get a good baseline on you.

 

[Greenman]

I went through a bunch of tests and had three different doctors tell me I was going to end up with a pace maker because my heart was to slow. Resting rate was in the low 40's, and dipped into the 30's when I was asleep. After all was said and done, they decided I was fine and simply had a better than average pump.
I'm an active fellow, but I don't run unless someone is shooting at me.

 

[highland145]

I went through a bunch of tests and had three different doctors tell me I was going to end up with a pace maker because my heart was to slow. Resting rate was in the low 40's, and dipped into the 30's when I was asleep. After all was said and done, they decided I was fine and simply had a better than average pump.
I'm an active fellow, but I don't run unless someone is shooting at me.

Dr made me go through similar because my resting is mid 40's and has been for years. I've been doing cardio 6 days per for 27+ years. Ultrasound/echo/whatever showed that my evacuation(?) rate was ~60%...meaning normal. Dr said that my body may just be using O2 more efficiently than someone with a higher HR.

House has to be on fire, here.

 

[ondma]

I was playing around with an app that tests my heart rate and it varies from 43 to approx 60. Usually in the mid 50s on average. This seems low to me? I'm not that fit, i run a few times a week. My BMI is about 23. I checked it during exercise and it seems normal then, around 150. Should I bring this up with the doc?

I also looked at the heart rate on my blood pressure reading (about a dozen) and they range from 49 to 60-something.

Couldn't hurt to bring it up, but most likely you dont have a problem. In the 40s seems a bit low, but 50s to 60 in not really that low. Two things to watch for are dizziness (as others said), or if you notice irregular heartbeats.


Just my 2 cents, I am not a health professional of any sort.

 

[lnanek]

Lower is generally considered healthier. Less work for your heart to pump your blood when resting because it trained pumping during exercise.

 

[Greenman]

Lower is generally considered healthier. Less work for your heart to pump your blood when resting because it trained pumping during exercise.

Lower is only good to a certain point. Reaching zero is never a good thing. When you get below 40 you need to be evaluated.

 

[piokos]

I was playing around with an app that tests my heart rate and it varies from 43 to approx 60. Usually in the mid 50s on average. This seems low to me? I'm not that fit, i run a few times a week. My BMI is about 23. I checked it during exercise and it seems normal then, around 150. Should I bring this up with the doc?

I also looked at the heart rate on my blood pressure reading (about a dozen) and they range from 49 to 60-something.

So first of all: what are you measuring with? Smart band/watch? Because they're all rubbish. The only semi-accurate consumer device is a chest belt pulsometer.
Not only is it more accurate, it measures way more often as well (e.g. every second). Smart bands activate every minute or so, which means it's almost impossible to get a proper max, since it lasts just for a few seconds.
Either could be the reason why your max is so low at 150.

As for the resting pulse: anything between 40 and 60 is considered good, if not textbook.
If you feel weak or sleepy during the day, or you wake up very tired, you should be diagnosed because of the symptoms, not because of the number on a pulsometer.

A cardiologist will probably prescribe you a holter. If you haven't used it yet, it's basically a pulsometer that actually works. You carry it for at least 24h, sometimes for few days. You do as many different activities as possible and write everything down (what you did, how you felt, how well you slept).

The pulse-only kind is light and fuss-free.
You may also get one that measures blood pressure. That one is super irritating, but totally worth it. It's large and heavy, with an arm cuff that gets pumped every now and then.