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Best way to lower resting heart rate.

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Any suggestions on intensity of training, frequency, ect. I am an ex-asthmatic and smoker. Always had a high resting HR. it need to go down. It's crazy fast in static. (PB is 4:32) I want to push past the 5 min mark. Thanks
Ian
 
In my 20s, my resting rate was in the 70s. At age 35 I started distance running, and over the next few years my rate dropped to 38 to 40 and remains at that rate at age 74, even though I can't do nearly as much training.

I don't know if running is the best way or the most efficient way, but it worked for me.
 
Excellent. I am 30yo now, and its high. What distance are u talking about exactly? 6,10,13.1 or more? Thanks
 
It varied throughout the year. In the heat of the summer in NC when I was doing a lot of fishing and diving, my mileage was probably around 30 per week. In the winter it was more, and if I was training for a marathon, it would be 60 to 65 per week for 8 weeks before the race.

I should add that I don't know what my static is because I've never tried one, but my spearfishing breath hold sucks. Apparently there is more to it than a low resting heart rate. At 74, maybe other systems are lacking- perhaps the elasticity of my chest.
 
I just checked the resting hr and it was 53 steady this morning. It used to be like 85. I guess the intervals are helping. Let. E make it lower!
 
Lowering your resting HR isn't likely to have any impact on your freediving. If you do aerobic work your heart gets stronger, pumps more with each beat and has to beat less often to circulate the same amount of blood. That doesn't really benefit freediving... in fact you're likely to end up with a higher resting metabolic rate.

Most people's HRs are high in static, especially if they pack. I don't know what mine is but it's probably around 120bpm at the start of a dive. That's about what it was when doing CWT in the tropics. Avoiding hyperventilation will bring it down somewhat. It should drop noticeably after the first couple of minutes or so. That drop will get more profound as you train (in freediving, not in aerobic sport).
 
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I too have noticed a high HR during static. However slightly more concerning is the profound light-headedness and feeling of being about to burst right after beginning some static breath-holds. What causes this, is it too much air in the lungs compared to what their natural elasticity can handle? I do not pack, but am able to fill very completely with a full inhalation.
 
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