How fit am I?

Your Resting Heart Rate (RHR) provides a good guide to your overall level of fitness. As a general rule, the fitter you are the lower your Resting Heart Rate will be as it requires less effort for your heart to pump blood to your body. However, as always, there are some exceptions so you should only use this as a guide and shouldn't look at it in isolation.

We've used data on averages for different age groups to help you to grade your fitness level. Enter your age and Resting Heart Rate (RHR) below to see how you fare on the Good Run Guide Fitness Gauge!

How to measure your Resting Heart Rate

You should measure your RHR when your body is most rested. The best time is usually just after you have woken up from a good night's sleep while you are still lying in bed.

Find your pulse on your wrist or neck and count how many times it beats in 30 seconds. Then double this to get the beats per minute.

As your RHR can fluctuate slightly it is best to take a few readings and then record the average.