>> I just looked up how to measure your heart rate manually.
> 
>   Wait. You didn't actually know how to measure your own pulse? Like
> seriously?
> 
>   Do you mean that you didn't know where to feel your own pulse (most
> common places are the wrist and the neck), or that you didn't know how
> to get the beats/minute count?

I wasn't sure where the best place to measure from is. I know you can 
feel your pulse from *somewhere* in your wrist, but I wasn't sure 
exactly where.

(I've never heard of it being measured from your neck. I especially like 
the way the instructions said "but don't press too hard". Um, why? What 
happens if you press too hard??)

>> Just FYI, feeling my own pulse seriously grosses me out! >_<
> 
>   Why?

Same reason some people are freaked out by the sound of chalk squeeking 
on a blackboard I guess...

>> Anyway, I managed to grin and bear it for 60 seconds, and I counted 
>> about 85 pulses.
> 
>   Not really necessary to wait for a full minute. Just count for 15 seconds
> and multiply by 4.

Sure. But I imagine the longer you measure for, the more accurate the 
reading.

>> The monitor is claiming an average rate of 88 BPM. 
>> These numbers are approximately similar.
> 
>   Was this in full rest?

Well, I was sitting still not doing anything.

On the other hand, I was also trying to count while simultaneously 
watching the second hand on my watch, trying to count my pulse and not 
the ticks of the watch, and trying not to think "ewww! my pulse is so 
pulsey!!" So, a small amount of psychological stress...

(It's also quite plausible that I was holding my breath.)

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