What is Resting Heart Rate and Heart Rate
The number of heartbeats per unit of time is called Heart Beat. It is generally expressed as beats per minute(bpm). Heart rate can change as the body’s need to absorb oxygen and Excrete carbon dioxide changes.
For Example Heart rate increases during exercise and decreases while Sleeping.
Heart rate is Measured by Finding the Body pulse. This Pulse rate can be measured at any point on the body where an artery ‘s Pulsation is transmitted to the Surface. The wrist is normally the best spot. The Thumb should not be used for measuring pulse rate.
The thumb itself has a pulse and it may interfere with the beats to be counted. It’s best to use an index finger and middle finger together. After you the beat, You need to count how many beats occur within 60 seconds.
There is a Shortcut method that is to count the number of heartbeats in 10 sec, and then to multiply that number of Heartbeat in 10sec by 6. This Method gives you a 60-second count.
Resting Heart Rate
Resting Heart Rate is a person’s Heart Rate at Rest-awake but lying down and not having immediately done any physical activity. The Best time to take retesting heart rate is in the morning. Just when you wake up (before your feet leave the sheets).Simply getting up and walking around your bedroom will cause your heart rate to rise.
The Resting Heart rate is often a good determination as to how to fit a person is. In general, The higher Your resting heart rate, the less physically fit you are, more physically fit you are, and the lower your heart rate, the more physically fit you are. Unexplained increases in resting heart rate indicate that you are either unwell or overdoing Physical activities.
Resting heart rate is often used by individuals, such as athletes, who are interested in monitoring they hear rate to gain maximum efficiency from their training. If the workouts are effective, the resting heart rate will slowly decrease, or at least remain constant. Increased resting heart rate means they are doing too much and they need to decrease workout frequency or intensity.
The typical healthy resting heart rate in adults is 60-80 bpm. However Conditioned athletes often have resting heart rates below 60 bpm.
Normal Resting Heart Rate.
- Babies to age 1: their heartbeats 100-160 per minute.
- Children ages 1 to 10: their heartbeats 60-140 per minute.
- Children age above 10 and adults, their heartbeats 60-80 per minute.
- well-conditioned athletes, their heartbeats 40-60 per minute.
