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What is the difference between pre-exercise and resting heart rates?

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No difference: There's no difference in general. Perhaps in certain contexts, such as a research protocol, one might make a distinction, but, for all intents and purposes, they're the same.

Answered 9/9/2014

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I started taking Metoprolol succ 50mg x 2/day for rapid resting hr on Saturday and now it's Monday. Is it to soon to see a difference in my heart rate? i take 1 at breakfast and 1 at dinner. My rate has been in mid 70's to high 80's?

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