Whats a normal range for a heart rate?

[brtspears2]

Curious, I heard higher and lower numbers.

High number about 80.
Low number around 65 beats per min.

Which is it?

 

[StageLeft]

Mine is around mid 50's I think which is quite low (not that I'm saying I earned it). If you're under 70 I think you're doing ok.

 

[Fausto]

Are you talking about resting heart rate?

If so: it varies quite a bit depending on factors like fitness, how tall someone is (taller people generall have lower resting HR), etc.

Normal resting pulse for a sedentary person is anywhere from 60 to 80 bpm. An aerobic athlete (runner, cyclist, etc) will typically be anywhere from 60 to as low as 30 :Q bpm.

There will be variations daily as well depending on how stressed one's body is. For example: a cyclist in great shape will typically have a spike in resting pulse for 12 hours or so after an especially hard ride, or a higher-than-normal resting pulse that persists if he's doing more training than his body can compensate for (overtraining).

Fausto

 

[kami]

Last time i checked my resting (well, sitting at the PC) it was 60bpm

 

[mk]

My normal pulse is about 55-57 bpm at rest.

 

[ProviaFan]

I've always heard 60 to 80 bpm was about normal. Of course, athletes have lower averages.

 

[Woodie]

Normal Range-Adult: 60 to 100 bpm
Normal Range-Pediatric: 80 to 100
Normal Range-Infant: 100-120 (? it's been a while)
Normal Range-Newborn: 120-150 (? it's been a while
Normal resting heartrate-Adult: ~60 bpm

As noted above, particularly athletic people may have very low resting heartrates.

 

[Cyberian]

I have a Pacemaker (built into an ICD) that's set at exactly 60, so I would imagine that would be about normal for a resting adult.

 

[911paramedic]

Originally posted by: Woodie
Normal Range-Adult: 60 to 100 bpm
Normal Range-Pediatric: 80 to 100
Normal Range-Infant: 100-120 (? it's been a while)
Normal Range-Newborn: 120-150 (? it's been a while

Yup.

 

[Woodie]

Thanks 911Paramedic for the confirmation. I knew you'd be in soon.

 

[Sepen]

Mine was in the mid 80's until I started medication for HBP. It is now in the low 50's.

 

[amnesiac]

I got my BP taken among other things for an insurance exam.. the paramed was convinced I was an athlete b/c I had a HR of about 55 and BP of 102/60 or something like that.

Time to eat more greasy foods and salt, I guess.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: amnesiac 2.0
I got my BP taken among other things for an insurance exam.. the paramed was convinced I was an athlete b/c I had a HR of about 55 and BP of 102/60 or something like that.

IIRC, an athlete will usually have a higher systolic (the high number) and lower diastolic (the low #) than an average person since their heart is beating less often, but moving more blood than normal with each beat. Both numbers were low in your case.

 

[911paramedic]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: amnesiac 2.0
I got my BP taken among other things for an insurance exam.. the paramed was convinced I was an athlete b/c I had a HR of about 55 and BP of 102/60 or something like that.

IIRC, an athlete will usually have a higher systolic (the high number) and lower diastolic (the low #) than an average person since their heart is beating less often, but moving more blood than normal with each beat. Both numbers were low in your case.

Those numbers xxx/xxx work like this:
top number= the highest pressure the blood reaches when your heart beats.
bottom number= the pressure in your system when your heart is not working, or in between beats.

That is put very simply and I could go much deeper, but why?

My resting HR five or six years ago when I was running and diving all the time was in the high 40's, and I could hold my breath for a smidge over 3 min. I used to do a lot of abalone diving so that came in real handy. Mmmmmmm, fresh abalone, mmmmmmm...

 

[Fausto]

That is put very simply and I could go much deeper, but why?

Postcount!! Duh!

My god man, where are your priorities?