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I recently had BP at 144/82 so my doctor put me on Licinopril. But she also had me do an EKG and my heart rate was 57. I'm very athletic, I walk up to 3 miles a day, hike hills totaling 10-27 floors and go to the gym for an hour 5 days a week. I would think a lower heart rate is according to this regular excercise but she wants me to wear a heart monitor 24/7 for a week.
Please. advise your thoughts on heart rate of 57 for a very active person
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@lauramks My resting-while-awake HR as a competitive runner in my late 30's was 38. So, if your heart really is in pretty good shape and you have no other comorbidities lurking here and there, I don't think you have anything to worry about. Note, though, that there is some discussion over lowering the bradycardia limit from < 60 BPM to < 50 BPM, but it's not a discussion that seems active and public....so far. So, you are in the higher portion of that controversial range which, again, suggests to me (very much a NON-expert or health educator) that you are fine. Although, being scrupulously honest with you, with your history and activities, I wonder why it's that HIGH!!! Assuming for a second that you are quite healthy and only have age-related degradation of all your systems, I would think someone in your circumstances would normally have a resting HR running between 45-ish to 51-ish. Female gets an extra five beats a minute typically, but...I dunno....
What are you thinking?