Pulse Rate

[Mickmeister]

Is this something to wonder about? My wife and I were in a very serious accident today and the EMS people were very surprised that my pulse rate never exceeded 88. LOL, one of them asked if I was Hannibal Lecter. LOL! My wife's was considerably higher than mine.

[WillNever]

Not very alarming. My resting heart rate is 54. It doesn't go past the high 70's even when I'm excited.

There is something wrong with you if it doesn't go into *at least* the mid 100's during rigorous exercise, though. And if you are in your 20's or 30's you should be able to to get it into your 170's pretty easily, truth be told.

Also, given the same set of circumstances, women typically have a higher heart rate than men due to having smaller lungs and a smaller heart. However, we men still have significantly higher rates of cardiovascular problems than women.

[visceral_instinct]

I thought your rate rate was supposed to be LOW when you're young, not high...?

[mike47]

If you are healthy your heart rate should be lower than 75 .
If you are in sports it can be as low as 65 or so .

[Asguard]

VI thats RESTING heart rate.

When you are exerting yourself you heart rate should go up and thats not just during excersise. Stress and shock (MEDICAL shock NOT the bulshit shock that news agencies love to throw around) SHOULD drive up your heart rate. If it doesnt you do have a problem

Cadiac output = Heart rate x Stroke volume
Blood Pressure = CO x perferal resistance

This means that if your leaking (the risistance is going down) the CO needs to increase to compensate. Now stroke volume DOES increase slightly but its reasonably constant, what mainly changes is that the HR goes up. For babies for insance this is the ONLY thing which can change, they cant increase there stroke volume and they cant clamp down on the pereferal blood vessals which means that if they need to boost blood pressure they have to increase HR. Children are somewhat more likly to clamp down on the blood vessals and adults more so but the main change is still HR

[WillNever]

If you are healthy your heart rate should be lower than 75 .
If you are in sports it can be as low as 65 or so .

Where you getting that information from..? It isn't from any reputable American medical source, that's sure. 75 bpm is very normal for middle aged people.

Normal resting heart rate for an adult is 60-100.

Higher than 100 while not exercising is tachycardic.

Lower than 60 and sympomatic is bradycardic. My resting rate is asymptomatically between 54 and 56 usually due to running several miles each day, making me "normal."

[WillNever]

I thought your rate rate was supposed to be LOW when you're young, not high...?

Nah you aren't understanding. The lower your resting heart rate, the younger and healthier you usually are.

The higher your max heart rate while exercising, the younger and healthier you usually are also. Younger people in their 20's can push 180 bpm easily and even go into the 190's. People 40 or over usually can't do that. That strain is too high for them.

[mike47]

Where you getting that information from..? It isn't from any reputable American medical source, that's sure. 75 bpm is very normal for middle aged people.

Normal resting heart rate for an adult is 60-100.

Higher than 100 while not exercising is tachycardic.

Lower than 60 and sympomatic is bradycardic. My resting rate is asymptomatically between 54 and 56 usually due to running several miles each day, making me "normal."
I gave this info from Dr Oz TV program

[WillNever]

Start watching something else. I am a nurse, and the ranges I have stated are the standards that we (and physicians) use.

[mike47]

Did you watch this program before or not ?.