I dont actually know how it determins the resting heart rate? It doesn’t simply take the lowest recorded value as there have been plenty of times I can see that my HR has dropped lower than what my watch has determined is my resting HR.
I have a Samsung smartwatch, it says my resting heart rate is 60-65 but at night I see my heart rate go much lower. I haven’t been able to find an actual definition of rhr
Like a lot of heart rate and performance stats - the definitions can be a bit fuzzy.
I believe resting heart rate should be taken when fully rested and inactive but awake.
It seems that my garmin usually uses values from after my alarm goes off but before I get my ass out of bed or when i’m sat on the sofa at night watching TV.
If I just spung out of bed and was active all day I dont know what it would do?
I think the sensor on a watch is perfectly fine accuracy wise for resting heart rate measurements - it’s during activities when they are moving around on the wrist that they can be a bit ropey.
My Garmin was showing me a HR of 280 before the start of parkrun the other week. Though that was because my strap was running out of battery and had gone haywire. But I can count it right?
But playing along with others:
Age 40
RHR: 56 (or so)
Max: 202 (or so)
Range: 146
However thats also a bit misleading as for exercise purposes I am realisically limited to around the 95bpm range as a starting point and that doesnt last long. If I even look at a recovery ride it starts out in the 90s and then jumps up to over 100 pretty readily. So working range is more like 100bpm or something like that. The only physical activity I can do where it doesnt go above 100 (all the time) is yoga.
When I started training consistently, yes, I saw a drop in my RHR for sure but never an increase in Max I don’t think. I have been consistently training (12-15hr weeks) for last 2+ years and my RHR has been stable (bar illness or fatigue) in that period.
HRR is absolutely an indicator. You’re using it wrong if you’re tying to compare individuals. It’s a personalized metric. It can be used with other metrics to paint a picture.
Exactly. Sure monitor your own data over time, but no use in comparing it to others. Unless maybe you want to compare overall long-term trends in relative terms, but not in absolute numbers.