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lowest possible rest HR?
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what’s the typical rest HR for the professional runners? What’s the lowest possible rest HR for a human being? (apart from "0" of course…) Grzegorz
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30s are not unheard of. But it depends on your genetics. Also if your weight happens to be falling, or you are on some kind of drug, or exhausted by traiing, your may have a false indication. A better measure is how fast you can return to your resting rate after a considerable effort. When I’m in a good marathon form, an hour run is "easy", and my HR goes back to the 50s in five minutes. In fact that is a training method for mixing easy, average and hard runs. For an average run your HR may stay slightly elevated for an hour or so; the weekly hard run, for several hours; and the easy off days, only minutes. Before you buy.
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for a cyclist, I once read that Miguel Indurain had a RHR of 28… Lenore Beaky
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My resting heart rate is usually around 31, but when I’m in really good shape, it’s been as low as 28. dave – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – what’s the typical rest HR for the professional runners? What’s the lowest possible rest HR for a human being? (apart from "0" of course…) Grzegorz
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what’s the typical rest HR for the professional runners? What’s the lowest possible rest HR for a human being? (apart from "0" of course…) Grzegorz
Long time ago, during Jim Ryan’s peak, I remember his was about 70??? While Peter Snell was about 30. If this is correct (and that is a big if) it might lead to a weird theory that there are two different ways/modes that a heart can be efficient. For the faster rate I can see an efficient heart just sort of ‘twitching’…not pumping very much blood with each beat and not spending very much energy in each beat. When it starts getting into exercise mode it starts pumping more volume, sort of like taking longer strides with (nearly) the same leg turnover. The slower rate (mode) heart just pumps a full measure of volume and takes a longer rest between beats. In exercise mode it just speeds up. Just a theory! Any comments?
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Your heart rate is like your feet, particular to you. Resting heart rates indicate a fit heart if it is low, although heart disease can lower your heart rate also. I read where tennis star Bjorn Borg heart rate was in the mid 20’s. I’m 48 my heart rate resting is 38. The maximum is set by the size and condition of the heart, a higher rate at the top is neither good nor bad its just yours. Because a person can get their heart rate to 220 does not mean they are more fit, its simply their max heart rate. The key is to run at a percentage of your heart rate when you find out what it is. 90% for speed, 40% for easy days. I coach and use the "Effort Based" theory to a large part. Chuck — Lets get to a point where "Race issue" means arguing about who ran the fastest.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – what’s the typical rest HR for the professional runners? What’s the lowest possible rest HR for a human being? (apart from "0" of course…) Grzegorz Long time ago, during Jim Ryan’s peak, I remember his was about 70??? While Peter Snell was about 30. If this is correct (and that is a big if) it might lead to a weird theory that there are two different ways/modes that a heart can be efficient. For the faster rate I can see an efficient heart just sort of ‘twitching’…not pumping very much blood with each beat and not spending very much energy in each beat. When it starts getting into exercise mode it starts pumping more volume, sort of like taking longer strides with (nearly) the same leg turnover. The slower rate (mode) heart just pumps a full measure of volume and takes a longer rest between beats. In exercise mode it just speeds up. Just a theory! Any comments?
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: mean they are more fit, its simply their max heart rate. The key is to run : at a percentage of your heart rate when you find out what it is. 90% for : speed, 40% for easy days. I coach and use the "Effort Based" theory to a : large part. If you train with 40 % of the max heart rate your easy days will definitely be easy (walking to the fridge is about the maximum effort I guess). Juhana
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Long time ago, during Jim Ryan’s peak, I remember his was about 70??? While Peter Snell was about 30. If this is correct (and that is a big if) it might lead to a weird theory that there are two different ways/modes that a heart can be efficient. For the faster rate I can see an efficient heart just sort of ‘twitching’…not pumping very much blood with each beat and not spending very much energy in each beat. When it starts getting into exercise mode it starts pumping more volume, sort of like taking longer strides with (nearly) the same leg turnover. The slower rate (mode) heart just pumps a full measure of volume and takes a longer rest between beats. In exercise mode it just speeds up. Just a theory! Any comments?
Unfortunately, it’s not correct. There’s no such thing as a heart "just sort of ‘twitching.’" When a heart beats, all of the heart cells have to participate (except in some disease conditions). While there is a small increase in the volume of blood pumped per beat during exercise, the increase is passive, in response to increased filling and stretch of the ventricle. Most of the increase in cardiac output is due to an increase in beats per minute. You are on the right track in one respect. Different people have hearts of different sizes. For instance, Joe might have a larger heart than Tom, but lower resting and maximal heart rates, leading to similar cardiac output. Another poster asked: just out of curiosity i wonder what a typical elephant’s rhr is just out of curiosity i wonder what a typical mouse’s rhr is anyone know?
I don’t know the numbers, but I do know that mice have much higher heart rates than humans, while elephants have much slower heart rates. Likewise, mice have skeletal muscles which twitch much faster than those of elephants. Humans fall in between. Jason Jason Blank Hopkins Marine Station Enloe HS ‘92, Duke ‘96, Stanford ?? Oceanview Boulevard "I don’t like lifting weights; they’re heavy." – Pat Kelly (1995)
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just out of curiosity i wonder what a typical elephant’s rhr is just out of curiosity i wonder what a typical mouse’s rhr is anyone know? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – what’s the typical rest HR for the professional runners? What’s the lowest possible rest HR for a human being? (apart from "0" of course…) Grzegorz
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Medical folklore has it that animals have a lifespan of roughly two billion heartbeats. Two billion seconds, roughly a human heartbeat is 63 years. Before you buy.
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That’s why it’s called folklore. dave – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Medical folklore has it that animals have a lifespan of roughly two billion heartbeats. Two billion seconds, roughly a human heartbeat is 63 years. Before you buy.
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ifin i aint’s gots but a limited nummer ”o heart palpatations. best be conservin them preshus ‘lil fellers. thanks fer that wizdim fuel up ……drain hard – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Medical folklore has it that animals have a lifespan of roughly two billion heartbeats. Two billion seconds, roughly a human heartbeat is 63 years. I don’t think this "medical folklore" works well for other animals. If applied to dogs, for example, they’d have heart rates of roughly 420 bpm to match their longevity. - Mike
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for a cyclist, I once read that Miguel Indurain had a RHR of 28… Lenore Beaky
Is it an urban legend or is it true that these cyclists are in heart danger when they stop, as the heart is so used to the constant excercise? Gavin —
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Your heart rate is like your feet, particular to you. Resting heart rates indicate a fit heart if it is low, although heart disease can lower your heart rate also. I read where tennis star Bjorn Borg heart rate was in the mid 20’s. I’m 48 my heart rate resting is 38. The maximum is set by the size and condition of the heart, a higher rate at the top is neither good nor bad its just yours. Because a person can get their heart rate to 220 does not mean they are more fit, its simply their max heart rate. The key is to run at a percentage of your heart rate when you find out what it is. 90% for speed, 40% for easy days. I coach and use the "Effort Based" theory to a large part. Chuck
While I was never really going out to be fit.. I used to have a RHR of about 50. Then I got mono, it moved to 128 for about 4 weeks, about 120 for another 4, and I’ve never been able to get it that low again. Gavin —