Can I use a heart monitor overnight to determine my resting heart rate?
Last night I wore my heart rate monitor while sleeping to determine what my resting heart rate was. This morning I checked and the lowest my heart was beating was 48 bpm and the max was 100 bpm, the average was 65 bpm.
So is 48 bpm a valid resting heart rate, or does my resting heart rate have to be checked while I'm conscious?
Update: Redid the test but after waking up and got a 54 bpm while I was awake.
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Sure, it's a valid resting HR, but I don't think it's what you want. It is going to be different than a resting HR taken while you're awake, which is the generally accepted usable number. Other than academic interest or determining disease patterns (Generally done with a Holter monitor), I can't think of anything that uses a sleeping RHR as a base.
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