I was wondering the same thing lol very low blood pressure. Resting heart rate isn't unheard of but damn

As for me, usually very low 50s resting heart rate.

its fairly normal for me. I am kind of a big deal after all

good thing to know. In a medical emergency a paramedic or doctor would interpret that as a possible problem. But you know that

when i was training, it used to be 41BPM-46BPM upon waking in the morning (that is when I was instructed to test it methodically)

i was freaking out because it was low since i knew bradycardia can be an indicator of shitty things (was paranoid because my father had multiple heart attacks and strokes when he was alive)...i went to my athletic trainer and to a friend that is a doctor..they both called it 'athletic heart syndrome' and attributed it to intensive training and said i was fine..at that time, i always thought that was something that endurance athletes developed, but i guess the extremes of both endurance training and strength training can give a similar adaptation in that sense

Although these machines have room for error, this reading is dangerously low. Normally you'd want to go to the hospital if your systolic dipped below 90mmhg. What's even more concerning for me is that, assuming you just walked into the store and up to the machine and tested your BP, leading me to think that your resting BP is even lower than that. See your pcp asap

42 is not a dangerous rbp, my goal is low 40's. That's considered normal for elite athletes, the world record is 24 IIRC held by a Tour de France cyclist

This. My numbers are normal for an elite athlete like myself.




I appreciate your concern, but I'm alright. My working heart rate when givin er' is still around 170. I'm used to going from zero to one hundred with my job. Just what I'm used to

last I heard, and this was like 10+ years ago, the lowest measured resting heart rate was lance armstrong at the time with a resting heart rate of 36bpm iirc. I'd assume the one you're mentioning is someone else though

I wonder what the VO2 max is of someone with a resting heart rate that low... damn crazy lol

Yeah it's someone newer these days, you can google it and there's a Wikipedia article that comes right up

I googled it. The info I had must have been just some readers digest bullshit from back in the day

interesting stuff though