The lower your resting heart rate, the better. True? Why?
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Think of it like carrying groceries in from the car.
If you can do it in 1 trip, you’re probably healthy. If it takes 2 or 3 trips, probably still fine, but maybe worth keeping an eye on your health.
If you’re carrying in 1 bag at a time and it takes a dozen trips to unload the car… you definitely need to be careful with your health.
Same amount of total work being done either way, but being unhealthy just means that it requires much more effort.
Same thing with your heart. It’s going to accomplish the same amount of work either way: push your blood to your lungs, out to your organs, and back to your lungs. If it takes 50 beats per minute to accomplish that, it’s an indicator of efficiency and health. If it takes 120 beats per minute to accomplish that same task … well..
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