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When is it the best time to take a resting heart rate pulse and WHY?
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What should your resting heart rate be at?
Your resting pulse is the rate of your pulse when you are resting (when your not doing exersice).
What is a resting pulse rate?
The average resting heart rate is 70-90 beats per minute. The heart of a physically fit person, with a resting heart rate of 50, beats 9,512,000 times less per year than an average person's heart with a resting heart rate of 70 beats per minute. The better shape you are in, the lower your resting heart rate will be.
What happens to a person's pulse rate if their heart muscle becomes stronger does the pulse become quicker?
No. The resting pulse becomes slower. (Note, the top pulse rate for everybody is about the same ... the "exercise tolerance" comes from how much you can increase from your resting rate.)
What is recovery pulse rate?
The ability of the heart to recover after strenuous exercise. There is not really a rate because it is the ability of the heart to go from a workout pulse rate that may be two to three times higher than the resting, to the resting rate. Hope this helps. <><
Is 100 heart rate bad?
This depends on whether it is the resting pulse rate or the pulse rate after exercise. Also, age will matter significantly. As a resting heart rate, 111 is not a healthy adult heart rate. However, this is fine if the person is a child or the person has been doing any form of physical activity.
What did you do to measure your pulse rate?
To take a pulse, hold the wrist with only your two fingers pressed gently on the inside of the wrist. Palpate gently until you feel the pulse pulsating, and then count the number of pulse you feel for one minute. You can also do this by pressing your two fingers just under the chin bone on either side of the neck.Here is a general standard of pulse rate (PR). Resting Pulse Rate PR < 40 BMP - Below healthy resting heart rates. PR 40-60 BPM - Resting heart rate for sleeping. PR 60-100 BPM - Healthy adult resting heart rate. PR 100 BPM - 220 BPM -Acceptable if measured during exercise. Not acceptable if resting heart rate. PR > 220 BPM - Abnormally high heart rate.
What is pulse?
Your pulse indicates how many times per minute your heart beats. It's your heart rate, and is one of your vital signs. You can feel your pulse on your wrist below your thumb and also on the side of your neck. == Pulse is the rhythmical throbbing of arteries and veins produced by the regular contractions of the heart, especially as palpated at the wrist or in the neck. Here is a general standard of pulse rate (PR). Resting Pulse Rate PR < 40 BMP - Below healthy resting heart rates. PR 40-60 BPM - Resting heart rate for sleeping. PR 60-100 BPM - Healthy adult resting heartrate. PR 100 BPM - 220 BPM - Acceptable if measured during exercise. Not acceptable if resting heartrate. PR > 220 BPM - Abnormally high heart rate.
Pulse is a direct measure of?
== Your pulse is the number of times your heart beats in a minute; it's your heart rate. == The rhythmical throbbing of arteries and veins produced by the regular contractions of the heart, especially as palpated at the wrist or in the neck. Here is a general standard of pulse rate (PR). Resting Pulse Rate PR < 40 BMP - Below healthy resting heart rates. PR 40-60 BPM - Resting heart rate for sleeping. PR 60-100 BPM - Healthy adult resting heartrate. PR 100 BPM - 220 BPM - Acceptable if measured during exercise. Not acceptable if resting heartrate. PR > 220 BPM - Abnormally high heart rate.
What is a person heart rate?
The usual resting pulse for an adult is 60 to 100 beats per minute. Certain illnesses can cause your pulse to change, so it is helpful to know what your resting pulse is when you are well.
What is the average heart rate for a 30-year old male?
Your average pulse rate should be between 60-100 beats per minute. The two numbers refer to your resting heart rate and your max heart rate. While the resting heart rate is typically what people refer to when monitoring pulse rates, the max heart rate can be measured by using a heart monitor while engaging in several minutes of rigurous exercise. You can more about resting and max heart rates online at http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/pulse-measurement?page=2 and http://www.marathonguide.com/training/articles/HeartMonitorTraining.cfm.
Your resting heart rate is about 100 bpm and when working out it has gone to 217 is this ok?
No your resting heart rate should be only about 72. WOrkout heart rates vary according to the workout. Are you sure you are taking your pulse correctly?
What is a persons average heart rate?
The usual resting pulse for an adult is 60 to 100 beats per minute. Certain illnesses can cause your pulse to change, so it is helpful to know what your resting pulse is when you are well.
