What Your Resting Heart Rate Says About You

If you want to know more about your cardiovascular health, here is one big question for you: Do you know what your resting heart rate is? 

Your resting heart rate can tell you a lot about your cardiovascular health — and while some of what it says may seem scary at first, don’t worry! There are ways to improve your cardiovascular health. At Tri-City Medical Center, we see patients with high resting heart rates lower theirs to healthier levels all the time.

Here’s a little background on just what your heart might be trying to tell you.

What Do My Heart Rate Numbers Mean?

Your resting heart rate is the number of times your heart beats each minute when you’re not active. The normal range is between 50 and 100 beats per minute. If your resting heart rate is above 100, it’s called tachycardia; below 60, and it’s called bradycardia. Increasingly, experts pin an ideal resting heart rate at between 50 to 70 beats per minute. 

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  1. Thanks for explaining that it is interesting. Now if I could just take my pulse properly then I’d be laughing.

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