What is normal heart rate? The answer : about fifty to one hundred beats every minute. Unless you fall significantly above or below these numbers, then you’re most likely “normal.” however to appreciate more about normal heart rate and what factors can have an effect on your beats every minute, let us have a look at the way in which the heart works. Whether you are Lance Armstrong or Larry Buttbig, your heart is continually pumping blood, oxygen, and nutriments all though your complete body.
The higher your normal heart rate, or the more times it beats every minute, the harder and more often your heart has to work to do its job. Inversely, a lower pulse rate indicates that it’s better and doesn’t need to pump as often. Lance Armstrong’s is purported to be about 30-35 BPM! There are a couple of other variables that can affect your normal heart rate, so don’t feel bad if you are heart is working several times harder than Lance’s. Physical fitness, exercise power, training frequency, and naturally — the wild — genetics.
The simple way to measure your normal heart rate:
You may have no point of reference for the above BPM numbers, so to offer you an idea, try measuring your own resting heart beat rate now. For a perfect measurement, you check it first thing in the morning while still lying in bed. This will offer you the truest “resting” rate, but as long as you’ve not been unduly active in the last hour or thereabouts the number shouldn’t alter by over five or ten beats.
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