The lower your resting heart rate, the better. True? Why?
In: Biology
Doctor here. Untrue.
Lower resting heart rate while physically active without underlying heart conditions can be a sign of good cardiovascular health, but not always. Anything outside of this narrow specific definition makes the statement untrue.
If you aren’t physically active or if you have underlying heart conditions, a lower heart rate could be bad.
Also, if you’re physically active and don’t have underlying heart conditions, not having a lower heart rate doesn’t mean you don’t have good cardiovascular health.
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