Vergessen Sie den Mythos, dass Bewegung Ihren Herzschlag verbraucht. Neue Forschungsergebnisse zeigen, dass fittere Menschen insgesamt weniger Herzschläge pro Tag benötigen – was ihr Leben möglicherweise um Jahre verlängert. Die fittesten Personen hatten einen Ruhepuls von nur 40 Schlägen pro Minute, verglichen mit durchschnittlich 70–80 Schlägen pro Minute.
https://www.victorchang.edu.au/news/exercise-heartbeats-study
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I’ve linked to the press release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:
https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.102140
From the linked article:
Why Exercise Could Actually Save Your Heartbeats – Not Waste Them
**Forget the myth that exercise uses up your heartbeats. New Australian research shows fitter people use fewer total heartbeats per day – potentially adding years to their lives.**
The JACC study led by sports cardiologist Professor Andre La Gerche tracked the daily heart activity of 109 athletes and 38 non-athletes using continuous heartrate monitoring. The results were striking.
Athletes had an average heart rate of 68 beats per minute (bpm), while non-athletes had 76bpm. That translates to a total of 97,920 beats per day for athletes and 109,440 beats per day for non-athletes – around 10 percent less.
“That’s a saving of around 11,500 beats a day,” says Professor La Gerche, head of the HEART Laboratory supported by the St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research (SVI) and the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI).
“Even though athletes’ hearts work harder during exercise, their lower resting rates more than make up for it.”
**The study found that the fittest individuals had resting heart rates as low as 40 beats per minute, compared to the average 70–80 bpm.**
That means over 24 hours, athletes use fewer total heartbeats than sedentary people, even after factoring in the spikes from training sessions.
The findings bust the long-standing saying, popularised by US President Donald Trump, that the body is a battery with a finite amount of energy and that exercise only depletes it.
Wasn’t this already established?
What about Trump’s battery theory of life force?
I’m usually in the 50’s-60’s, not sure how entirely. It seems like this article should mention that up to 100 is perfectly healthy though.
What myth about using up your heartbeats? Did we need science for this?
So, proving that the myth at face value is actually true while most people believing it have no true understanding of the human body.
I was super fit in my younger years and lost all motivation and haven’t seriously exercised in over a decade. Still have a resting HR in the 40s.
Fitness pays dividends when approached seriously and not trying to cut every corner to abs for your socials.
Funny story;
I used to be a resting 85-90 last year when I was overweight. Since then, I lost 80 lbs with diet/exercise and went to my doctors last month. They were slightly concerned about my resting heartbeat hovering around 50 as a 6’2″ 36 yr old man.
The did and EKG and halter monitor just to confirm after all of that, I am a way healthier individual with a healthy heart!
Pretty sure I heard this on a podcast several years ago. Longevity isn’t an excuse for not working out. Especially as you age.
I have low blood pressure and often asked if I’m dizzy at doctor’s office. I don’t get her dizzy but I can get really tired. Does that mean I’ll live incredibly long??
I’m fit and exercise but my heart rate is still high. I’m a woman though, and women’s heart rates are naturally higher.
Something interesting I’ve noticed with resting heart rate is how closely tied it is to your current health condition. I run about 40mi/wk and eat very clean, and my resting heart rate is about 40bpm. However, when I go on vacation and stop running for a bit, trade veggies and whole grains for sugary snacks and pizzas etc my resting hr will jump up to about 60-70bpm and it’ll stay that way for a few days after I return to my routine.
I figured heart rate must be a strong indicator not only for long term health, but short term health as well.
When I was slightly overweight and lazy my resting heart rate was usually in the 90s. After losing 50lbs I’m closer to 50
How did they know about my secret irrational fear?!
Sounds like propaganda!
Does this research disprove the idea that the heart can sustain a certain number of beats before it wears out?
Or does it reinforce that idea, suggesting that exercise lengthens life by enabling you to use a lower average number of total beats per year?
Uses up heartbeats? The heart is a muscle, muscles become stronger when used no?
I have fallen off my exercise regime from time to time and my Apple watch starts telling me after a week or two that my resting heart rate is increasing.
That has become my motivation. Not little badges or achievements, but trying to keep my resting heart rate as low as possible because it has been pretty well established that your resting heart rate is coordinated to your long term health.
Just done 6 casual tests on myself out of curiosity. Never thought to measure before. While sat on the toilet browsing reddit instead of wiping, my resting heart rate is around 45 to 48 beats per minute. I’m a 46m ginormous fat b#st@rd, but I am reasonably active for work at times and I do exercise a bit, but I’d hardly consider myself healthy in the traditional sense. Y’all definitely wouldn’t. Anecdotal, but seeing those example numbers up there, i’d’ve expected mine to be notably higher.
But…but Trump said the body is like a battery with only so much energy. And he’s a genius – he said so himself.
Yea but what if Im already fit and down near my lowest possible heartrate and then I have to walk 30k steps a day on top of that? Is it possible to wear down the heart over time? Why do endurance athletes have more cases of arrethmias? Also why don’t all those extra sedentary beats make the heart stronger over time? Max heart rate over shorter time is better?
Slow, deep breathing also slows your heart rate. Probably one of the reasons why meditation is good for you.
When I ran – not even a ton, I was running 5 to 10 miles a week – my resting heart rate stayed below. 45.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but average ≠ healthy
Wow the average resting BPM is 70-80? Makes you appreciate your body a little bit more
I’m not worried about exercising using up my heartbeats. I’m worried about my resting heartbeat being high – 70 upwards- when I’m just sat or laying down doing nothing. I’m not overweight. Even when I could run for an hour my resting heart rate was still 80.
This is true, but low heart rate can also happen when body weight is too low, it’s your body trying to conserve energy, or with hypothyroidism. There are also heart disorders that can cause low heart rate. It’s not always a symptom of being super fit.
I literally said this back when Trump made this claim.
If you raise your heart rate 3 hours a week in order to drop it 165 hours a week, you’re obviously going to have fewer beats.
My heart rate usually is chillin in the 50-60s. Mostly 60s so it sounds like I’m avoiding this risk but will die from something else. Nice.
My resting is around 110bpm. I have tachyardia and on meds but it never goes down. Does that mean my heart is gonna burn out quicker
Lady I work with believes this myth. She was concerned that I workout so I’ll use up all my heart beats. My RHR is 47, hers is 100. I wonder whose heart is doing more work throughout the day?