Normal resting heart rate: ranges by age, and what moves yours
A normal resting heart rate for adults is 60 to 100 beats a minute. Ranges by age, what moves yours in Gulf heat, and when to speak to a doctor.
Heart and stress
Heart and stress is about the signals your body gives in an ordinary week: your resting heart rate, your heart rate variability, and how both move with sleep, heat, work and fasting. Resting heart rate is how many times your heart beats in a minute while you are still. Heart rate variability, or HRV, is the small change in time between one heartbeat and the next. Both change from night to night, which is why many wearables read them while you sleep. These articles explain what each measure is, what can move it from day to day, and why your own usual matters more than anyone else's number. They also look at stress as it is lived in the Gulf: long commutes, late meetings, summer heat and the changed rhythm of Ramadan, and at the quiet hours that can be found inside a loud week. Facts come from health authorities such as the WHO, the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention and the Saudi Ministry of Health, and from peer-reviewed research, with sources listed on every page. Everything here is general information. It does not diagnose, and it does not replace a doctor. If your chest, breathing or heartbeat feels wrong, speak to a clinician or call emergency services. Sisly reads resting heart rate and HRV against your own normal. It is not a medical device.
