Fitbit charge HR resting heartrate

[Daver1066Z]

Hi all,

I have had my Charge HR for 10 days. Before I bought it I was doing some exercise, but now I am doing 10000 steps a day. My observation is that my resting heartrate started at 78 and other the 10 days has reduced to 66. So my question is;

1) Is it because the software is using a moving average and the smoothing is settling down the result

2) Is my hear becoming more healthy through excercise and being able to rest at a lower beatrate

3) or a combination of the 2.

Whatever it is, I am feeling on top of the world, (and I don't drink alcohol)

[Colinm39 · Accepted solution]

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@Daver1066Z wrote:

Hi all,

I have had my Charge HR for 10 days. Before I bought it I was doing some exercise, but now I am doing 10000 steps a day. My observation is that my resting heartrate started at 78 and other the 10 days has reduced to 66. So my question is;

1) Is it because the software is using a moving average and the smoothing is settling down the result

2) Is my hear becoming more healthy through excercise and being able to rest at a lower beatrate

3) or a combination of the 2.

Whatever it is, I am feeling on top of the world, (and I don't drink alcohol)

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@Daver1066Z Welcome, Fitbit is starting to get enough information about you... to give yoiu a reasonable accurate trend based on their interpreation and algorithm of RHR.

There is a information in this link which a few of us are trying to unscramble the results.. Another link in the same topic

[Daver1066Z]

Thankyou for the links Colin. Ivthink it is amazing, we take our bodies for granted and live our lives and sometime forget how complex they are.

[Heybales · Accepted solution]

It's also the audience for the term.

Athletes looking at RHR for purpose of tracking potential over-training or improvement to cardio system, want the first thing in the morning before moving RHR, the lowest usually found - depending on how much the alarm freakes you out anyway.

Fitbit on the other hand I guess is looking at the masses that want to see an improvement to that and daily non-active HR, so they use the same term but apply it to more of a rolling average of your lower seen HR's.

Which improves for the same reason from exercise, but isn't the normal usage of the term.

[Daver1066Z]

Thankyou HayBales, I am a normal one of the masses, who can't quite believe how motivating this exercise is. I have taken my body for granted and though I was invincible and as I have got older I realise that I need to treat it with a bit more respect, if I want a really long retirement. Thank you for the reply Dave