What's your resting pulse-rate right now?

[JivinJeffJones]

Out with it. The lowest recorded in a healthy individual is 28.

Mine is 64, which isn't hot but I'm a smoker...

 

[rhinosaur]

Dead on 60 bpm.

 

[GargoylesLegacy]

Mine is currently at 92, cuz I am handcrafting some Gifts while stressing myself out to find a good Gift-Idea for my Dad.

 

[A Schnitzel]

The poll needs fixing.

What if you're an INTP and an elite athlete?

 

[JivinJeffJones]

The poll needs fixing.

What if you're an INTP and an elite athlete?

I believe this is the thread you need to visit.

 

[Atomic Fiend]

60

 

[violaine]

I usually have a really high resting pulse rate somewhere in the range of 80(!!) I am fit though with no medical problems... just one of those weird things.

EDIT: I just checked, 64 that is unusually low for me.

 

[A Schnitzel]

I believe this is the thread you need to visit.

I don't think anyone has ever claimed I am any other type. When I'm in shape I've seen 42bpm based on measuring over twenty second period. High 40s low 50s is more normal.

I have to take issue with your claim of lowest as 28bpm. The only athlete I've heard of to hit 28 is Miguel Indurain. That was during the early to mid 90s when almost the entire professional peleton was on high dosages of EPO.

 

[JivinJeffJones]

I don't think anyone has ever claimed I am any other type.

I'd always found that INTPs are very astute at recognizing jokes.

I have to take issue with your claim of lowest as 28bpm. The only athlete I've heard of to hit 28 is Miguel Indurain. That was during the early to mid 90s when almost the entire professional peleton was on high dosages of EPO.

I didn't say it was my lowest recorded pulse.

 

[miss fortune]

56... also a smoker... I'm pretty comfortable at the moment though (no- not THAT way!) so that may have something to do with it!

 

[A Schnitzel]

I didn't say it was my lowest recorded pulse.

I wasn't referring to that. I'm just not sure if the 28bpm you referenced is a natural resting heart rate, so it's not a good reference point for people who aren't doped up.

 

[JivinJeffJones]

I wasn't referring to that. I'm just not sure if the 28bpm you referenced is a natural resting heart rate, so it's not a good reference point for people who aren't doped up.

I hear the Lance has 32. Is the Lance okay with you?

 

[rhinosaur]

Measured again and got 53 min-1.

 

[A Schnitzel]

I hear the Lance has 32. Is the Lance okay with you?

Eddy Merckx had recorded 32 in the 1970s, before they had any sophisticated cardio drugs.

So yeah, I'd say 32 is fair.

 

[JivinJeffJones]

Measured again and got 53 min-1.

You may be dying.

 

[rhinosaur]

You may be dying.

Well, so far the trend has been to go down 7 bpm in... what, like 30 minutes? If the trend continues as a linear function of time, I'll be down to zero in about 227 minutes.

But then again, aren't we all dying?

 

[JivinJeffJones]

But then again, aren't we all dying?

Not as much as you.

 

[Usehername]

I always have a high pulse rate considering my fitness level (I was at 68), but I also tend to not be allowed to donate blood because my blood pressure is always so low.

I've wondered if the two are connected but it's one of those things I'm too lazy to investigate thoroughly.

 

[spirilis]

I always have a high pulse rate considering my fitness level (I was at 68), but I also tend to not be allowed to donate blood because my blood pressure is always so low.

I've wondered if the two are connected but it's one of those things I'm too lazy to investigate thoroughly.

Usually, yeah. There's a relationship between blood volume/artery constriction/heart rate in there somehow; if your BP is too low then it usually means your arteries aren't constricted appropriately enough for the volume of blood in your body, so blood doesn't rush as far with each beat, thus you need more beats to take up the slack, or something like that. That's how I've understood it.
Could also be dehydration, too (causing low blood volume). Or most likely it's just genetics. You're pretty athletic, right? I'm guessing your cardiovascular system's well adapted to handling the intense workloads, so that would factor into everything.

 

[spirilis]

I'm always in the 70's or 80's at minimum, maybe upper 60's on a really good day hours after exercising. I'm in moderate shape but my weight influences BP/heart rate heavily.