What is a normal resting heart rate (Pulse rate) ? Higher better? Or lower better? Which one is good or healthy?

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What is a normal resting heart rate?

The short answer: about 50 to 100 beats per minute.

Theoretically, the higher your resting heart rate, or the more times it beats per minute, the harder and more often your heart has to work to do its job.

Conversely, a lower heart rate implies that it's more efficient and doesn't need to pump as often. Lance Armstrong's is said to be about 30-35 beats per minute!

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