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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Should be resting heart rate decrease as things like sleep quality/hydration/fitness level increase?

I’m asking because I’ve confused myself. Over the past year I’ve increased my physical fitness by a lot and been more careful about sleep, nutrition and hydration. I noticed a very obvious decrease in my resting heart rate over the course of this year.

The last month or so, my average resting heart rate has increased by 4-6 bpm while everything else stayed the same. I’m assuming it was due to the heat but I’m not sure.

A few days ago I had a gum graft and am on exercise restrictions. I haven’t taken any medication except aleve on day 1. Somehow, in spite of zero exercise, my resting heart rate is down by 10 bpm from its recently elevated state.

I thought deconditioning would increase my resting heart rate? I’m so confused! [/quote]

My RHR is always lower than usual when I take rest days, if my Garmin is to be believed. I think it's because your body is *really* resting. It's not deconditioning. 
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Yes. When your body is recovering from challenging training, the RHR (that is, when you are not actively exercising) goes up. It's possible that you have been overtraining and would be better off exercising less intensely and/or taking more rest days. See https://www.fitiv.com/blog/heart-rate-overtraining [/quote]

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