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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My resting HR is around 70 and it does not matter if I am in marathon running shape, or haven't worked out in months.  It's around 70.  I am assuming it's just genetics because it never changes. 
Some days it's higher if I'm overheated, and some days it's a little lower like 67, but in general?  It's around 70, for about a decade now.  When I was younger (20s) it was around 80. And I was literally running marathons. 
My HR can hit 195 when I'm running hard, but it drops super fast when I stop, so, the cardiologist said it was totally fine. [/quote]

Yeah, it's just one metric that often correlates with fitness, but not 100%. I'm the 30s/40s poster and I think mine was always naturally low, but did get much lower once I started training more seriously (and goes up when I slack off for a few months).

Another point that came up in the thread - RHR actually has a definition from the watches/medical community. It's not just randomly measuring your HR sitting down during the day. I'm not going to bother looking up the specifics, but you can probably get a quick overview on a google search. [/quote]

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