Super simple health checkup that can be done at home, resting heart rate

What is resting heart rate?

Resting heart rate can usually be measured when blood pressure is taken, but the most accurate way to measure it is while lying down as soon as you wake up in the morning. Place your fingers on your wrist or neck, count your pulse for 30 seconds, and multiply your result by 2. The average adult's rate is around 60~85bpm per minute, and if you have not had a recent medical checkup and your resting heart rate is above 90bpm, you should visit a hospital.

Resting heart rate is a comprehensive predictor of important metabolic diseases such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and high blood pressure. For example, studies have shown that people with a resting heart rate above 90 bpm are 2.2 times more likely to develop metabolic syndrome and 1.6 times more likely to develop metabolic syndrome in women, 5.1 and 3.4 times more likely to have diabetes, and 2.3 and 1.8 times more likely to have hypertension than those with a resting heart rate below 60 bpm. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey analyzed the relationship between obesity, alcohol consumption, smoking, physical activity, resting heart rate, resting heart rate, and diabetes prevalence, and found that resting heart rate was almost correlated with obesity.

Resting heart rate is also a handy indicator of our health. We need to go to the doctor to see if we're making changes to our lifestyle and if we're feeling healthy, but we can always check our resting heart rate.

Lifestyle habits to improve resting heart rate

A study of 12,000 healthy British people looked at the relationship between resting heart rate and exercise and found that the more exercise you exercise, the lower your resting heart rate.

However, only low-intensity exercise does not have a significant effect on resting heart rate. Fortunately, it is said that even 2~5 minutes of high-intensity exercise per week can improve resting heart rate. Even if you walk routinely and run at full speed for only 1~2 minutes at the end of the day, it can be a good exercise to lower your heart rate.

Whenever you have time, check your resting heart rate and hope that you can improve your lifestyle in a healthy way.