# Rest heart rate too low?

**URL:** <https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/rest-heart-rate-too-low/15158>\
**Category:** Training\
**Created:** [April 27, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/rest-heart-rate-too-low/15158 "2019-04-27T03:26:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![trainingRan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/trainingran/32/65471_2.png) [@trainingRan](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/trainingRan)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/rest-heart-rate-too-low/15158/1 "2019-04-27T03:26:30Z")

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Dear all:

I just did a heart rate test.

Time: local 23:00

Test Protocol:

1. lay down on bed
2. rest 3 minutes
3. set timer to 1 minute
4. use finger to feel the beat on the other wrist
5. repeat step 4 two more times

I got 38, 38, and 37 beats per minute.

Is this too low?

I am a hobby cyclist for around 300 hours per year last 8 years. I am in later 20s, male. 68 kg with FTP around 267w.

Recently doing Sustained Power Build highe volumn on week 7.

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**Author:** ![Scheherazade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/scheherazade/32/18857_2.png) [@Scheherazade](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Scheherazade)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/rest-heart-rate-too-low/15158/2 "2019-04-27T03:40:41Z")

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An existing thread about this: [Low resting HR - Does it have any meaning for cyclist?](https://www.trainerroad.com/forumt/low-resting-hr-does-it-have-any-meaning-for-cyclist/12671)

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**Author:** ![trainingRan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/trainingran/32/65471_2.png) [@trainingRan](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/trainingRan)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/rest-heart-rate-too-low/15158/3 "2019-04-27T03:50:40Z")

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Thanks Scheherazade.

I go thought the reference.

I just feel not very comfortable today after a recovery ride. As I read my Heart Rate on my watch, the data keep dropping (the lowest reading was 35), and I can even feel my heart is beating but much stronger. If I watch my data for sufficient longer time, my brain feel the dizziness. To overcome that feeling, I have to get out of my chair and walk around for a while.

That’s why I want to ask other cyclist’s experience.