Do you really need 10,000 steps a day?

Re:Do you really need 10,000 steps a day? by jdhzzz on Friday February 12, 2016 @05:12PM (#11091075)

I have similar high 40's bpm and had a similar experience with my doctor sending me for all manner of tests. All okay. He claimed, and the article seems to back him up, that unless I was a marathoner (I'm not) my heart rate should not be that low. I do high intensity (for me) exercise 3-4 times a week at about an hour a crack. There may be congenital component as both my brothers have low resting pulse and neither is as active as I.

I use the FitBit Charge HR after moving over from the version 1 Microsoft Band which had corroded under the onslaught of my profuse sweating after 10 months use. I found the Charge HR MUCH more accurate than the Microsoft Band for heart rate. Neither as accurate as the Azumio Heart Rate android app, but the Charge HR good enough for my own workout tracking.

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Re:Do you really need 10,000 steps a day? by antirez on Saturday February 13, 2016 @01:48AM (#11092937)

If you train 3-4 times a week at high intensities, plus some genetic factors, it is looks entirely possible you have such a low rate. Your earth develops hypertrophy and is able to contract very well to push the blood around, so don't have to do it too many times per minute.

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Re:Do you really need 10,000 steps a day? by jdhzzz on Saturday February 13, 2016 @08:10PM (#11096587)

Exactly. I was at a different doctor's and being given an exam by the nurse. I brought this up and he pointed out that since I was perfusing just fine as shown by the oxygen sensor on my finger, ipso facto I had no coronary issues.

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