Low heart rate; not an athlete

[Brittneyneff]

Hello, I just got my Charge HR today and I love it. However, the heart rate aspect has me uneasy. While resting, I've seen it drop at low as 55. I understand this can be good if you are an athlete, but I am not. I'm not overweight and I eat healthy, but I exercise only once every 1-2 weeks. I also have a sedentary job. This has be concerned and I'm not sure what to expect when it records my HR while I sleep tonight. I've had an EKG in the past, and it was normal. Thought?

[SunsetRunner]

i was surprised to have 42-44 bpm at night, during my holidays in august 2015.

i'm not an athlete, nearly 60 old.

your heart rate will depend also on food (alcool -> heart rate up), quantity of food (as Xmas period), medical drugs

55 bpm is not abnormal, i can be at 50 when writing messages !

[shipo]

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@Brittneyneff wrote:
Hello, I just got my Charge HR today and I love it. However, the heart rate aspect has me uneasy. While resting, I've seen it drop at low as 55. I understand this can be good if you are an athlete, but I am not. I'm not overweight and I eat healthy, but I exercise only once every 1-2 weeks. I also have a sedentary job. This has be concerned and I'm not sure what to expect when it records my HR while I sleep tonight. I've had an EKG in the past, and it was normal. Thought?

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Relax, there is nothing unusual or abnormal about your resting heart rate.

[baddums]

What is your resting heart rate? Are you concerned your rate is too low or if the Fitbit is inaccurate? Find your pulse and count the number of beats in a minute or count the number of beats in 10seconds and multiply by 6. If the numbers are close to your Fitbit, it's accurate.

That said, I'm a 29y/o female who runs 3+ mi, 3-6 times a week. My heart rate varies during what time of the month it is: from my period to ovulation mine drops to about 58, give or take a couple, and then it increases over a few days to about 68 where it stays until my period again. I'm not sure I'd be too terribly worried if that is your heartrate, but if you're worried, see a physician.

[Brittneyneff]

Having it on for a few days, my Resting Heart Rate is around 58

[Brittneyneff]

When I sleep, it's gotten down to 50

[shipo]

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@Brittneyneff wrote:
Having it on for a few days, my Resting Heart Rate is around 58

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@Brittneyneff wrote:
When I sleep, it's gotten down to 50

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Sounds about right; nothing unusual about your heart rates.

[SunsetRunner]

Hi...I've had my HR fior 6 months and have never had my heart rate go into the 40's and I workout/run 5 days a week...maybe it's the tracker itself?

[shipo]

@SunsetRunner, exercise and fitness are only part of the formula for a low heart rate; genetics also play a significant part.

The above said, six months is really just getting started.  Consider the following 1-year plot for my Resting Heart rate; I have run off and on for much of my life and prior to this plot I had been running between 100 and 250 miles per month for over two years:

You'll notice a few things:

• My June 2015 RHR was ~45.5 and I was already well into a good summer of racing.
• During the fall I suffered a non-running related injury which was made worse when running; I cut my mileage back in October 2015 and completely quit running in early December.  That's when my RHR rose up into the low 50s.
• In late February I gradually worked my way back into running and just this month I logged over 200 miles for the first time since early last fall.  My current RHR is typically being reported as 41 and my sleeping heart rate (SHR?) is typically a point or two either side of 35.

[MarthaEC]

Hey! I just came across your post. I know it’s been a couple of years but I’m concerned about something similar. I’m 36, eat healthy, but don’t really exercise and sometimes my resting heart rate is 57-58. Did you ask your doc if that’s normal? 

[Tonya73]

I just stumbled on this post. I’ve been very worried lately. I’m by no means an athlete. I work out 3x’s a week, moderate strength training. Not much cardio. I’m 45 and my resting heart rate is always around 45. 4 years ago I had a heart cath done and it was normal. At that time my heart rate was @ 50 at rest but now it’s 45. I feel a little fatigued but nothing out of the ordinary. 

[Ginc03]

Hi anything come of your resting heart rate at 45? Mines the same and im quite worried

[missk1tten]

• I have the same and found out that I have an under active thyroid. RHR increased when on the right meds.