[header] How to lower resting heart rate [title] Know your current resting heart rate. [step] Before you start taking action to try to lower your resting heart rate, it's important to know what your starting point is. To do this you just need to take your pulse and count the beats. 
You can do this at the carotid artery (in the neck) or at the wrist. [substeps] Be sure that you are resting and relaxed before you start.