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Why would someone who is very active have an average heart rate double that of a sedentary person?
by pizza 7y ago
Why would someone who is very active have an average heart rate double that of a sedentary person?
- tempestn 7y agoThe idea is that when you're doing strenuous exercise your heart rate is significantly elevated—more than double resting rate. So if you spend hours each day in strenuous exercise (like elite athletes do) your average heart rate could be close to double your resting heart rate. You'd have to exercise a LOT though, and even then it would be difficult to get to double that of a sedentary person, which will be higher than the resting rate of an athlete. A very fit person will have a resting heart rate of around 50-55BPM, and could have a rate as high as 160BPM or even higher during strenuous exercise. Say they maintain that rate for four hours per day, that brings the average up to around 70. (Actually more since it will be elevated for a while after exercising as well.) Still won't be double though.