how fit am i if my pulse is 60 bpm

Heart rate is an extremely variable thing. You cannot use rate to measure how fit you are.

Mine, for example, can fall down to the 50s and I don't exercise at all. :) Others have higher heart rates, yet they do exercise regularly.
 
O okay thank you. So then how come I hear that the lower your pulse the healthier you are ? not lower than 50`s obviously... See i suffer with high blood pressure. And am walking/ runing to try get it down. And whenever I get my bp tested they say my pulse is good. ? So was just wondering.
 
Man I miss the days when I lived on a military base since my dad was retired military. We had access to every gym and I played basketball for 6 hours per day. I was in such great shape that my heart rate must have been 40 bpms :P When I checked my pulse I had to wait about two seconds to feel a beat. I could run full speed for 45 minutes and not even breath through my mouth or be out of breath. The only problem was that I had too much energy and could never sit still :P Now I have HBP and get tired of running after five minutes.
 
One can actually be overly fit and have that affect heart rate and blood pressure in a negative way.

If exercising and diet aren't helping blood pressure make sure there's not another factor to it. Hereditary problems with blood pressure, hormone problems, blood sugar, etc.
 
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