When do you measure your resting HR?

[Alex S]

I have been counting my pulse but my resting HR seems to be different all the time. when i first wake up my HR is about 48-50 but when im just sitting in the office daydreaming my HR is more like 65-70, even when I'm not physically active or thinking particularly hard. If I close my eyes and pretend to meditate my HR drops a little, seems like a lot of variables to give anything half way precise.

So my question is...

When you say "oh my resting HR is xx", under what conditions do you measure it?

Do you rig up a polar HR monitor while you sleep?

just curious.

[kieran]

as far as I remember, in the morning, lying down.

[huw williams]

Not just in the morning - literally it should be the first thing you do before you even roll over in bed on awakening. This is the only way you can guarantee you take the pulse in a similar state of rest each time you do it

So either have a stopwatch/clock to hand or better still go to bed with your HRM strap/watch on.

[Alex S]

thanks for such a definitive answer!

[Andrew G]

That won't work if you've just woken from a bad dream.

[Jon H]

[quote="Andrew G"]That won't work if you've just woken from a bad dream.