I am 67: I didn’t start my (slow!) running until about 10 years ago. When I was in my late 30s and 40s, though, my pulse at doctor visits would be somewhere in the high 80s to low 90s; pretty high that is. I weighed about 30 pounds more then than I do now. I’m 6’4" and long waisted; if you saw me you wouldn’t think “that guy is a runner”.
Since I’ve been running regularly, though, my resting pulse is (right now) 58; after a long run, it will drop below 50. For yesterday’s 3 mile run, 13:21 pace, my pulse ranged from 61 to 114.
This is all to say your pulse is dependent on your fitness level, and walking or running for 45 minutes to an hour 4 times a week will lower your pulse, increase your fitness level, and improve your overall mental health as well.
Honestly, before I retired and was working and raising kids, I didn’t have that hour 4 times a week, but now I don’t know how I can do without it, not just for fitness, but for overall mental health. I live next to the American River in the Sacramento Valley and always go out along the river and that is good for the soul.
I am 67: I didn’t start my (slow!) running until about 10 years ago. When I was in my late 30s and 40s, though, my pulse at doctor visits would be somewhere in the high 80s to low 90s; pretty high that is. I weighed about 30 pounds more then than I do now. I’m 6’4" and long waisted; if you saw me you wouldn’t think “that guy is a runner”.
Since I’ve been running regularly, though, my resting pulse is (right now) 58; after a long run, it will drop below 50. For yesterday’s 3 mile run, 13:21 pace, my pulse ranged from 61 to 114.
This is all to say your pulse is dependent on your fitness level, and walking or running for 45 minutes to an hour 4 times a week will lower your pulse, increase your fitness level, and improve your overall mental health as well.
Honestly, before I retired and was working and raising kids, I didn’t have that hour 4 times a week, but now I don’t know how I can do without it, not just for fitness, but for overall mental health. I live next to the American River in the Sacramento Valley and always go out along the river and that is good for the soul.