Dr. Andy Galpin

If you were technically to Google this, you might see something like a normal resting heart rate is 60 to 100 beats per minute.

I am here to tell you I cannot fathom a situation in which somebody's resting heart rate is over 80 beats per minute and they are healthy.

And I absolutely would not think that that would happen to somebody who is performing at their maximum.

In fact, I even will tell you this is off the record.

This is not the science.

This is me and my professional opinion.

Even a resting heart rate of 60 or so.

particularly in a man, that's catching my eye.

I would like to see most folks probably in the 40s to 50s, somewhere in the range.

Again, you might be fine at 60, but getting much above 60 is quite a bit high.

I also personally tell you I've worked with plenty of athletes, specifically in this case several UFC fighters,

whose resting heart rates were in the low 40s, if not high 30s.

So 37, 38, 40, things like this.

So that's the lowest I have personally seen.

That said, there are classic stories of plenty of endurance athletes.

You're talking about elite cyclists and cross-country skiers and marathon runners and such.

who are in the low 30s.

Lowest I'm aware of is the legendary cyclist Miguel Indurán, having a resting heart rate of 28 beats per minute.

As far as I could tell, that's the lowest ever reported in the scientific literature, though please, if you've seen any lower, let me know.

I'm sure there are plenty of stories of anecdotes of people in personal training records and stuff who think they're lower, but if you've ever seen anything verified scientifically,