Your resting pulse, or your resting heart rate, is your pulse count without any physical activity. Knowing this will give you an idea about your cardiovascular health. The lower your resting pulse rate is, the better and efficient your heart function is. In the same manner, having a high resting pulse rate may indicate underlying medical conditions.
What's a normal pulse
A normal resting pulse of an adult ranges from 60 to 100 bpm (or beats per minute).
- Bradycardia - is the condition wherein one's resting pulse rate, despite not being a trained athlete, is significantly lower than 60.
- Tachycardia - a condition wherein a person has a consistently significantly higher resting pulse rate than normal.
Trained athletes, or even people who are physically active, may have lower than normal pulse, which may go as low as 40 bpm.
Factors affecting our pulse
Our resting pulse rate also depend on a umber of factors, including:
- Age
- Fitness
- Vices (smoking, drinking, substance use)
- Pre-existing conditions such as diabetes or hypertension
- BMI
- Medications taken
- Emotion
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