Good job DC!

(Yes it's paywalled, but you can see the graph)

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/20/states-low-high-resting-heart-rates-exercise

Anonymous wrote:I just got a Garmin watch. I seem to have pretty high variability. 50s when asleep, 60s when awake and chilling, 80s or 90s with routine activity, 110s with moderate activity, 160s with intense exercise.

Mine is similar, except intense exercise is 150s. I’m a 52yo woman in average shape.

Anonymous wrote:50s-low 60s overnight.

65 day time.

65-75 overnight if drinking.

You’re me! I’m 47 and always surprised at how my overnight heart rate jumps 10 bpm just from a few drinks. Bothering me just enough to get me to try and cut back on drinking.

I just got a Garmin watch. I seem to have pretty high variability. 50s when asleep, 60s when awake and chilling, 80s or 90s with routine activity, 110s with moderate activity, 160s with intense exercise.

Anonymous wrote:Mine is 0! Did I win?

RIP

Anonymous wrote:I work out for 60 minutes a day, 7 days a week (strength and cardio) and have 17% body fat. My RHR is 77. My blood pressure is great.

No plans to try to lower my RHR.

Nor should you. Healthy RHR is between 60 and 100.

I work out for 60 minutes a day, 7 days a week (strength and cardio) and have 17% body fat. My RHR is 77. My blood pressure is great.

No plans to try to lower my RHR.

Mine is 0! Did I win?

Anonymous wrote:Mine is on the other end of the range - upper 80s to mid-90s. Currently overweight but it was like this when I was 100 lbs too. BP is normal so my doctor isn’t concerned.

+1 My heart rate is naturally high, never below 70 and often in the 90s. I’m 5’3” and petite, was 110 pounds until recently. BP is normal,

In the 70s here.
Now what are you going to do with that data?

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. I feel like I look like I’m in good shape but based on these numbers, I really need to exercise and destress to get my RHR down.

I think the key (beyond genetics) is cardio.

As someone who posted up thread, yes. I try to ride the bike 3x a week. Has definitely made a difference.

Mine is normally 44-51. I'm a long-time athlete so I assume that's why. My blood pressure is also low, and so is my body temp. My HR will go as high as 150 during a very strenuous run.

Mine is currently 67. 67.