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You might find this interesting: most mammals have a maximum number of heartbeats of about 1 billion in their life and the smaller an animal, the faster their h
by _Microft 8y ago
You might find this interesting: most mammals have a maximum number of heartbeats of about 1 billion in their life and the smaller an animal, the faster their heart beats. So the faster the heart beats, the shorter their life is. Why this is a rule, I have no idea.
Humans are an exception to this with approximately 4 billion heartbeats possible in life.
It is only mentioned in the german Wikipedia [0] but not in the english.
[0] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herzfrequenz#Herzfrequenz_bei_Tieren https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herzfrequenz#Herzfrequenz_bei_...
Edit: citations 5 and 6 might be a good starting point to delve into this.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoI’ve come across this idea before. I wonder how active a person would have to be over a life time compared to an inactive person to run out or heart beats and die before the inactive person succumbed to the maladies of the lazy.
- _Microft 8y agoWhile the pulse goes up during training, a well-trained athletes can have normal pulse rates that are far less than of untrained persons. Down to less than 50 bpm, so I wouldn't be afraid of them running out of heart beats.
- DoreenMichele 8y agoLow resting BPM plus meditation can easily drop it to 30 BPM or less, at least for short periods.