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Jul 2020
9:31am, 6 Jul 2020
3,622 posts
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K5 Gus
larks - if you have a garmin with ohr ( I know you wear an arm strap for exercise ) and wear it 24*7, then in Garmin Connect under Health Stats - Heart Rate, it shows for each day your Max and Min, plus a 7 day average for Min
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Jul 2020
9:39am, 6 Jul 2020
269 posts
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Shades
I take my RHR before I get out of bed in the morning, that gives me the most consistent readings. However, if I'm woken by the alarm then my RHR is higher by 3 or 4 bpm. I usually wake before the alarm goes off.
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Jul 2020
9:46am, 6 Jul 2020
70,695 posts
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Gobi
Paul - do you always find your Heart Rate high early on and then your pace picks up without heart rate raising?
I go off very slowly when I run as I can't get my heart rate up without a good warm up.
Yesterday my heart rate average was 110 for 8.35 pace run the first mile was over 10 min mile pce with a heart rate below 100 but by mile 7 I was running 7.30 pace at 120 .
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Jul 2020
9:48am, 6 Jul 2020
70,696 posts
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Gobi
K5 - I thought the resting number on Garmin connect is the average of low readings throughout the day rather than the lowest number it saw
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Jul 2020
9:54am, 6 Jul 2020
3,623 posts
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K5 Gus
Gobi - my mistake, it's Resting, not Minimum and Garmin definition is :
"RHR: This value is for the current day. It is calculated one of two ways. For users that wear their watch while sleeping, the watch will read and record the average of all readings while they sleep, excluding periods where any steps were detected or the measured heart rate falls outside reasonable bounds. A minimum of four hours of sleep time is required to register a reading. For users that do not wear their watch overnight, RHR will be far less accurate and a rough estimate will be determined based on the lowest average reading over a one minute time period during the day. "
So no exact definition, with statements like "outside reasonable bounds", but definitely not minimum
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Jul 2020
10:19am, 6 Jul 2020
70,697 posts
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Gobi
Gus - no worries I just was aware that I wear mine sleeping and had seen 31
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Jul 2020
10:29am, 6 Jul 2020
30,389 posts
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SPR
That definition works for sleeping.
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Jul 2020
10:31am, 6 Jul 2020
11,426 posts
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larkim
31!!!!! How much lower than your "RHR" is that Gobi?
Interesting stuff about Garmin's definition.
I've worn my armband a few times in bed, but unfortunately the Polar Beat app doesn't give lowest / resting readouts when I use the armband in "stand alone" mode, but on the times I've used a HRM during sleep with readings on my (non-optically equipped) watch I don't think I've drifted below my resting range much / at all. Also my wife gets annoyed if I wear the armband as it blinks brightly every second or so which can be very irritating if you stir in your sleep and can just see this blight flash continuously.
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Jul 2020
10:58am, 6 Jul 2020
20,130 posts
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Dvorak
A thing you might wear in bed which flashes brightly every second sounds ... Insane!
Actually it would drive me nuts in the daytime as well. Nae need!
Resting is, well, at rest. So the lowest you see, and can replicate, to eliminate any freak Jedi mind trick readings. 
I often check mine watching football, as there's a clear time display right in front of me. Surprising, perhaps, how even quite exciting football can not make the heart rate go up.
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Jul 2020
11:02am, 6 Jul 2020
70,698 posts
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Gobi
Larks - I use 40 as my average as it seems consistent however when I am at my best I have seen 34 while conscious and have seen low 40s when driving the car
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