Re: recovery time for running oldtimers
After about 45 you can probably disregard the a lot of what's seemed healthy for younger people. I'm 51, so can attest the downward spiral.Re: recovery time for running oldtimers
As Teacup says, sometimes doctors don't really take age into effect. I was on beta-blockers a couple of years ago and regularly going to the gym. I could check my resting heart rate sitting down at home and it would be 45 to 48, which I thought was low enough to be possibly risky. When I mentioned this, the doctor said "That's great! That's about the level of an athletic teenager". I replied, "Maybe so, but I'm 64 years old and while I am reasonably fit I am not an athlete!"Re: recovery time for running oldtimers
I don't know which resting rate is the reference point : at wake-up, when I'm still half asleep, it is about 58-60. A few minutes after, after getting off the bed it is about 65 and it can go up a little bit even without starting training... Anyway even with the betablocker it never went down to 45 or so. If so, I'd see the doctor.
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