One of the many benefits of wearing a smart-watch all the time (as I do) is that it can measure things over long periods of time and tell you about trends (good or bad!), something that the occassional spot measurement can't easily do.
I was pottering around the other day when my watch decided to alert me to the fact that my average resting heart rate had dropped from 59 (beats per minute) as measured over the last 21 weeks, to 52 as measured in the last 5 weeks. This was really interesting (for me at least) as over the last 5 weeks my Wife and I have been doing "dry January", i.e. not imbibing any alcohol at all and also we upped our exercise in order to shed a few pounds after Christmas. The overall effect of these changes is probably correlated to this measurement. I decided to take a look at what resting heart rate I "should" have at my age (62) and found the table (above) it suggests that on average I should have a RHR of 72-75 BPM, my actual RHR is 52 (according to my watch) and so that puts me into the "Athlete" category, I was pleased to read that, even with a decent error margin that's still pretty good I reckon. Anyway, I'll definitely keep up the exercise this year but I must admit I'm looking forward to my first pint for 5 weeks on Friday, none of us are perfect!
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