What is the definition of resting heart rate?

Last Updated on March 12, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

Your resting heart rate, or pulse, is the number of times your heart beats per minute when you are at rest — such as when you are relaxed, sitting or lying down:

https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/resting-heart-rate#what-is

This information is from “free Australian health advice you can count on”. For information which we really can trust on, check a high qualitys scientific paper about resting heart rate which can be verified.

What is resting heart rate on Garmin and on Apple watches?

Is there a clear definition and formula which is used by all sports watch manufacturers. We don t know about this.