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RESTING HEARTRATES FOR MEN AND WOMEN |
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Your resting heart rate
is determined by taking your pulse as soon as you wake up in the morning,
before you move (at all). Using your index and second finger, find your
pulse at your wrist and count the beats for a whole minute (or for 30
seconds and multiply by two). Do this for three mornings in a row and note
the average resting heart rate, then consult the appropriate chart.
Although genetics influence your pulse rate at rest, aerobic exercising can decrease your resting heart rate. |
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Men's Chart |
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Age > |
18-25 | 26-35 | 36-45 | 46-55 | 56-65 | >65 |
| Excellent | 49-55 | 49-54 | 50-56 | 50-57 | 51-56 | 50-55 |
| Good | 57-61 | 57-61 | 60-62 | 59-63 | 59-61 | 58-61 |
| > Average | 63-65 | 62-65 | 64-66 | 64-67 | 64-67 | 62-65 |
| Average | 67-69 | 66-70 | 68-70 | 68-71 | 68-71 | 66-69 |
| < Average | 71-73 | 72-74 | 73-76 | 73-78 | 72-75 | 70-73 |
| Poor | 78-81 | 77-81 | 77-82 | 79-83 | 76-81 | 75-79 |
| Very Poor | 84-95 | 84-94 | 86-96 | 85-97 | 84-94 | 83-98 |
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Women's Chart |
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Age > |
18-25 | 26-35 | 36-45 | 46-55 | 56-65 | >65 |
| Excellent | 54-60 | 54-59 | 54-59 | 54-60 | 54-59 | 54-59 |
| Good | 61-65 | 60-64 | 62-64 | 61-65 | 61-64 | 60-64 |
| > Average | 68-69 | 66-68 | 66-69 | 66-69 | 67-69 | 66-68 |
| Average | 70-73 | 69-71 | 70-72 | 70-73 | 71-73 | 70-72 |
| < Average | 74-78 | 72-76 | 74-78 | 74-77 | 75-77 | 73-76 |
| Poor | 80-84 | 78-82 | 79-82 | 78-84 | 79-81 | 79-84 |
| Very Poor | 86-100 | 94-94 | 84-92 | 86-95 | 85-96 | 88-96 |