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To be fair.. I exercised pretty flat out from 16 until now (when I'm much more sedate)
But in that time I smoked on and off and drank too! And did the odd drug
I think some ppl just naturally have a lower set point heart rate than others.
The heart rate and blood pressure being lower IS a sign of fitness but not the whole story.
When I had an HR of 48 I was mega fit.
Now at 55 I would say I was still fitter than the average person (I could get up and beat even pretty active ppl in a run), but I would not be as fit as proper athletes even with higher HR/BP.
The true test, as any S&R coach will tell you, is how quickly your heart rate can return back to it's resting heart rate (whatever it is) after maximal exhaustion (a fairly reliable indicator of Oxygen Uptake, without the gruelling test).
But in that time I smoked on and off and drank too! And did the odd drug
I think some ppl just naturally have a lower set point heart rate than others.
The heart rate and blood pressure being lower IS a sign of fitness but not the whole story.
When I had an HR of 48 I was mega fit.
Now at 55 I would say I was still fitter than the average person (I could get up and beat even pretty active ppl in a run), but I would not be as fit as proper athletes even with higher HR/BP.
The true test, as any S&R coach will tell you, is how quickly your heart rate can return back to it's resting heart rate (whatever it is) after maximal exhaustion (a fairly reliable indicator of Oxygen Uptake, without the gruelling test).
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