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How does resting heart rate differ from my heart rate during sex?

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Dr. Terry Simpson answered

Depends: If you do a lot of work or not.

Answered 9/17/2019

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Is changing of resting heart rate normal during the day? Usually in the morning when I wake up its 60 bpm, then I do stuff and its 70-80 bpm, then after I eat dinner its 80-105 BPM. Is this normal? RHR, so its when Im laying down and checking it?

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Hi, my son is 14 and is 170cm and weighs 56kg. His resting heart rate is 58 bpm whilst lying and his bp is 116/56. Is he normal please?

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If somebody has high heart rate (>90 at rest) it is very easy to hit the max HR during exercise even moderate. How safe is to exercise at that level?

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