On 2005-07-08, Montblack Y4-NOT wrote:
"I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I'm
damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street."
- Neil Armstrong

I hope he said that in jest - whilst doing exercise will increase your
heart rate whilst doing it, if you are fit your resting heartbeat will
be far lower than an unfit person.

An unfit person probably has a resting heartbeat of around 70-75 bpm.
I'm reasonably fit and my resting heartrate is around 50 bpm. Since you
only do vigorous exercise for a fairly short time but there's lots of
sitting around to do you'll use far less if you're fit!
--
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