Your results are fascinating. I wish I had the discipline to follow such a routine.
I think your age is an important factor to consider when it comes to resting heart rate. Will you be comfortable disclosing it?
Also note that my VO2 max is only superior when compared to normal people in their 20s. Among athletes it's not that great. There are tons of people who run a lot longer than me and are faster than me, but no one I know has stuck to HIIT for a decade.
What is of note is that the 3 day a week interval training pushed my heart rate down waaay lower than normal. Additionally for the past 2 years I've been cutting back on my daily routine and while my endurance has gotten slightly worse my heart rate has not went back up. It's kind of concerning that this exercise has led to permanent changes in my heart. I think people need to watch out about HIIT training, it may not be good for humans in the long term.
Oh jeez. I’ll just be over here covering myself up with dirt I guess.
Are you comparing this number to resting heart rate values in literature? Lowest recorded HR during sleep and the value people are talking about when they say "resting heart rate" are very different things.
(Just double-checking possible confusion, because that story about the primary care doctor suggesting to cut down exercise seems really odd. Did you perhaps give that "while sleeping" number to your doctor as a resting heart rate value? That would explain a lot)
I think what happened is that the doctor finally looked at my recorded heart rate over the 10 years I've been visiting him and saw it lower dramatically.
>Are you comparing this number to resting heart rate values in literature? Lowest recorded HR during sleep and the value people are talking about when they say "resting heart rate" are very different things.
Yeah not sure about this. That's why I gave the 49 bpm when sitting, but I tend to visit my primary care doctor in the morning after I get up when my heart rate is probably mid 40s.
>But I'm not going to conclude that you're just here to humblebrag based on my own anecdote.
Original quote included the sentence above. Look, I'm not here to humble brag. I'm here to post my own anecdotal experience about my heart rate.
I've clearly stated my VO2 results are not that great when compared to athletes. The focus is my heart rate due to HIIT, aka athletic heart syndrome. This is on topic, not a humble brag. I find your original comment to be hostile in intent.