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Your resting heart rate is the heart pumping the lowest amount of blood you need because youâre not exercising. If youâre sitting or lying and youâre calm, relaxed and arenât ill, your heart rate is normally between 60 (beats per minute) and 100 (beats per minute). But a heart rate lower than 60 doesnât necessarily signal a medical problem. It could be the result of taking a drug such as a beta blocker.
Measuring your pulse can provide a reading about how fast blood is pumping through your arteries. This is the easiest way to get a quick reading on heart health, according to the Mayo Clinic. How can you get normal pulse rates, women? Look for a rate between 60 and 100 bpm, or beats per minute. The faster your pulse rate, the harder your heart is working, the Mayo Clinic says. A pulse rate that's too fast or too slow can indicate potential health issues, especially if there's no apparent reason for the change in your heart rate.