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Resting, Average Resting and minimum heart rates

BradVincent
What is the difference between "Resting", "Avg Resting" and minimum heart rates? Right now it tells me my "Resting" is 56 and my "Avg Resting" is 58.

I can only find the minimum on the watch itself, not the app or Garmin connect website, and it only shows the minimum of the last 4 hours. Right now, mine shows 53, but I have seen as low as 41 when awake, and upper 30's when asleep. The "Resting" rate is still listed in the 50's even when the minimum is displayed in the 40's, and it is not too unusual for the watch to show a current heart rate below the "Resting" heart rate, which makes no sense to me.

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    The RHR will come from the reading while you sleep. If you dream a lot and heart rate is elevated during that time, don’t be surprised to see your HR reading when you wake up lower than the recorded RHR. It doesn’t matter much, the trend is your friend!

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    So my resting hr (RHR) regularly shows 38, 39 and 40… more generally low 50’s. I am in ok shape but more - and more than middle aged. 

    do others see numbers like that?  It would be nice to know or feel it is not particularly uncommon. 

  • 0 in reply to kenn62

    I am 45 and in decent shape and I rarely get below 52 on my resting heart rate. Maybe you have better genetics? I've always heard that a lower resting heart rate was a sign of good fitness but I'm definitely not an expert. I also don't fully trust wrist based heart rate monitoring. I find at least for exercising that the chest strap is significantly more accurate. It's not even close.