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Old 02-14-2007, 04:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Fusebox View Post
yea definitely something wrong then in my measurements....
So resting heart rate is measured when? when your in normal steady relaxed state??
From what I remember, you should measure your resting heart rate right after you wake up in the morning.

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Originally Posted by Fusebox View Post
I always thought, that resting heart rate should be in the high 40s or low 50s.
Im young too, only 26
I think astronauts have resting heart rates in the 50's. It requires a lot of physical training to get your heart to be so strong that it has to pump less than one time per second.
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