I weigh 150 soaking wet. Smaller people tend to have faster heartrates accross the spectrum, resting, max, or while active. RHR is not an indicator of aerobic fitness, rather it is a piece of the puzzle that describes an individual’s fitness level.
tommy
I’m with ajfranke on this one. I trained for an IM last year up to 20 hrs a week with a full time job and my resting heart rate was NEVER lower than 55, even out of bed. I knew there was something wrong with me =)
I am definitely not gifted by any sense of the word.
Maybe these high heartrates have something to do with why we are likely to be MOP forever. Kona is a lovely place to watch a race.
I think that some of the people here may be taking their heart rate and using the same math women use to describe their age and weight…“Just subtract a few digits, who will ever know?”
Please…Not that I doubt every one, just that I dont really beleive that everyone here but Art and I are not sitting in the 30bpm range while we eat Fritos with gobs of fat free sour cream on them watching TV.
Resting heart rate is relative and not a precise predictor of performance. My lowest was about 31 bpm when I was at low 14 5k fitness. At sub-14 fitness, the rate was 32-34 bpm. My roommate who was a 13:19 5k guy had a resting rate of 48 bpm. Generally, the better shape you are in, the lower your own resting pulse will go. And tracking the rate can help you determine if you are overtraining (a higher than normal rate in the morning may mean you are training too hard).