The Human Body
What is a typical resting heart rate for a healthy adult, in beats per minute?
Answer
70 beats per minute
Elite endurance athletes can idle below 40 beats per minute — cyclist Miguel Indurain famously clocked a resting rate of 28. A shrew's heart, meanwhile, can hammer along at over 800.
Source: American Heart Association
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