habits can lower your RHR. You can track your resting heart rate clearly and
easily on the Motiv app and use that data to make more informed decisions.
31. How We Measure Resting Heart Rate
Your resting heart rate (RHR) is the number of times your heart beats per
minute while at rest. It’s an important metric to monitor, because it’s both a
strong indicator of your overall health and fitness level as well as highly
correlated to disease and mortality. Motiv Ring measures your heart rate
every night while you’re asleep in order to get the most reliable and least
confounded measurements. This makes it easy to consistently measure data
the same way, with the same conditions, every night. We use your heart rate
data from when you’re asleep to calculate your resting heart rate.
Monitor how your RHR changes over time. If you see your RHR go down over
time as a result of exercise, that is more important to track than how your
RHR compares to other people’s and can indicate improvements in your
fitness. By tracking changes in your RHR over time, you can see what lifestyle
choices - good or bad - have an impact on your overall health. For more on
heart rate tracking, check out
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