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Is this a healthy resting heart rate?

Yes, 135bpm at rest is high. Medically, you are exhibiting tachycardia and I'm fairly surprised that your doctor didn't verbally acknowledge the fact. Your age, weight and fitness level may all cause a raised heart rate and (with the obvious exception of age!) you could improve your heart rate by addressing these factors.

Also a bit surprised at some of the poor advice earlier in this thread (well, perhaps I shouldn't be surprised; it is TSR after all), whereby people were implying that >80bpm is "too high", when actually 60-100bpm is generally deemed to be acceptable.

Reply 41

*Fool'sGold*

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I just did mine, I got about 88 beats in a minute. Is that ok???

Reply 42

Cynicism 101

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*pitseleh*

Yes, 135bpm at rest is high. Medically, you are exhibiting tachycardia and I'm fairly surprised that your doctor didn't verbally acknowledge the fact. Your age, weight and fitness level may all cause a raised heart rate and (with the obvious exception of age!) you could improve your heart rate by addressing these factors.

Also a bit surprised at some of the poor advice earlier in this thread (well, perhaps I shouldn't be surprised; it is TSR after all), whereby people were implying that >80bpm is "too high", when actually 60-100bpm is generally deemed to be acceptable.

I've always been slightly tachycardic most of the time, and as I said, I recently had an ECG which was normal. I'm 17, I weight about 60 kgs, and I'm fairly active. At least, not inactive to a level where any great change would occur in my heart rate. Oh, I already knew that 60-100 is normal

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Reply 43

*pitseleh*

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I've always been slightly tachycardic most of the time, and as I said, I recently had an ECG which was normal. I'm 17, I weight about 60 kgs, and I'm fairly active. At least, not inactive to a level where any great change would occur in my heart rate. Oh, I already knew that 60-100 is normal

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Ah, missed the bit about the ECG.

And the comment about the acceptable HR range was more directed at the people who don't seem to know that, rather than at you. :wink:

Reply 44

helraizer

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I had my blood pressure taken today and my pulse. My blood pressure was ok but my pulse was 123bpm, but then again, that was in the doctor's surgery so I was probably nervous. For a resting heart rate between 60 - 100 is normal, athletes should be 40 - 60, anything more for resting is probably not a good sign.

Reply 45

shadowrow

hmm im confused. Im just under 9 stone at 5 foot 6 and do excercise every day including a proper, full,heavy workout twice a week. I'm also a fairly healthy eater so i don't get why mine is 87 bpm. im a girl btw....

Reply 46

Pink_Chocolate xx

Hmm sounds a bit high!! I'm 16 and mine is usually around 95-100 bpm. And I didn't think I was that unfit..

Reply 47

blondyx

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Norfolk_Enchance

Mines around 80-100 normally while resting

is this very bad/unhealthy? anything i can do to reduce it

regular exercise will lower it in the long term :-)

Mines is 66BPM!

CMTech

Mines is 66BPM!

For some reason I just read that as 668BPM!

Reply 50

helraizer

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kate03

For some reason I just read that as 668BPM!

I did too, might be slightly dead at that speed.. or some kind of human humming bird :p:

Reply 51

CMTech

helraizer

I did too, might be slightly dead at that speed.. or some kind of human humming bird :p:

Actually you'd be very active at that heart rate!

Reply 52

helraizer

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CMTech

Actually you'd be very active at that heart rate!

On the contrary, if your heart rate was 668 BPM (over 3 times the max) the likelihood of not having a heart attack is pretty slim. :p:

On the chance that post was a joke, yes you would indeed be very active. Though you'd most likely find yourself with a weird allergy to kryptonite :p:

Reply 53

lucho22

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101 Cynicism

Hello! *waves*

I recently had a check-up with my doctor and he seemed slightly surprised that my resting heart rate was around 135. He told me to take my pulse every morning right after I wake up and my heart rate has been around 130-135. I always used to have a slightly higher heart rate (~90-95 bpm) but now I'm scared if this is actually healthy?

Any help would be appreciated :smile:

This is not necessarily unhealthy - everyone is different and your natural resting heart rate of 90 bpm is not especially abnormal - when you wake up an adrenergic release increases heart rate to wake you up so this also could be perfectly normal. I have a similar resting heart rate and have seen two different cardiologists (at the time I had tachycardia - my heart was consistently beating at 140bpm) and gone through a barrage of tests (doppler echoes, 24 hr ecg, catecholamine function etc) and there was nothing physically wrong with my heart, or in fact anything else. The most important thing to test is your heart rhythm range - ie it should fall to around 40 bpm whilst you are asleep - you should therefore get a 3 channel 24hr ambulatory ecg just to set your mind at rest. Go and see the GP and try to get a referral if you are concerned.

Reply 54

Vanthel

Mine ranges between 48 and 58 depending on my fitness level

Reply 55

GarethBrown

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Kind of unrelated, but I was thinking earlier while bored at work...

Could you slow your haert rate (manually) to say half it's speed but manage to keep your brain in sync with heart rate so everything goes twice as fast relative to you?

Reply 56

蘋果

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To thread starter, If you counted 135, you probably miscounted your heartbeats, like counted 2 beats when it was actually 1.

Oh and mine's 90bpm, and I havent done any excercise at all in the past year. (well the only real excercise i did other than walking in badminton, twice in total in the past year)

Reply 57

Cynicism 101

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Keni

To thread starter, If you counted 135, you probably miscounted your heartbeats, like counted 2 beats when it was actually 1.

Oh and mine's 90bpm, and I havent done any excercise at all in the past year. (well the only real excercise i did other than walking in badminton, twice in total in the past year)

Heh, I'm pretty sure me, my two doctors and the guy doing the ECG didn't all miscount :p:

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Lithium

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101 Cynicism

Hello! *waves*

I recently had a check-up with my doctor and he seemed slightly surprised that my resting heart rate was around 135. He told me to take my pulse every morning right after I wake up and my heart rate has been around 130-135. I always used to have a slightly higher heart rate (~90-95 bpm) but now I'm scared if this is actually healthy?

Any help would be appreciated :smile:

How old are you? Actully, that doesnt really matter TOO much, you are tachycardic..meaning your heart is beating way too fast. I dont want to scare you, but you really should go see a cardiologist about this. It could a sinus arrhythmia.

Are you doing drugs? Like something to :"boost" your mental sharpness during exam times?

Let me know

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Lithium

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