Lowering your resting heartbeat

I am trying to increase my breathhold while freediving and i want to decrease my resting heartbeat per minute.

I'm guessing just a lot of cardio? It seems pretty straight forward and simple. Any other suggestions I'm missing for lowering resting heartbeat?

Cardio every day or every other day?

yoga

lance armstrong has a resting heartrate of 32bpm, so I guess all you gotta do is get cancer, then win the tour de france 7 times.

cardio in the 90% zone (intense, not but not sprint pace) should increase cardiovascular power.
cycling, rowing, running, elliptical (focus on pushing the bars forward and keeping upper body level i.e. no bobbing), and swimming should do it.

90 percent zone is anaerobic.
Which would be sprint.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Exercise_zones.png/800px-Exercise_zones.png

If you want to increase your cardio, i advise you stay in the 75 to 85 range. What is a good idea is to incorporate what TeckMan said aswell.
This will definitely help you in the aerobic department:
Assuming you'll jog an hour:
Jog for 10 minutes at about 65 max heart rate. Don't need to warm up since jogging is a warm up in itself.
After 10 minutes the blood should be flowing and heart pumping.

-For the first 25 seconds, slowly increase your speed to almost sprinting.
-Sprint as hard as you can for 10 seconds (no holding back)
-After the sprint is done, maintain the speed but slowly begin to slow down to your normal jogging speed, this should take 25 seconds aswell.

Jog normally for 9 minutes and repeat till your hour is up.

The beauty of it is no matter how fit you are, this will never become easier but you will definitely improve in how far and fast you'll be running.
On last kilometer, run on your aerobic-anaerobic threshold.
This is something you need to learn how to tune into it. When you sprint you can hold your breath, since it is anaerobic, meaning it does not require oxygen and it won't affect your performance (technically speaking).
You want to run fast enough to the point where you need oxygen but you're almost able to jump into this anaerobic zone.
This will help you push the boundaries and improve your over all cardio.

I'm sure you know half of what i said but just to be safe.

An easy way to help your resting HR and Blood Pressure is in the same philosophy as when you dive.

Throughout the day try to take a lot of long deep breaths.

Try yoga as said before or even some martial arts that focus on meditation (Tai Chi?).

I know how to lower my heart rate by doing a specific breathing pattern but i want to lower it other ways too. i guess yoga but i dont know if i have time for that. Intense cardio is the way to go for me. Thanks for the info guys.

About the running thing, don't always do that. Some times have sprint only sessions, some times have long easy jogs.
Think fartlek.

You should do the thing i mentioned up there twice a week.

About the running thing, don't always do that. Some times have sprint only sessions, some times have long easy jogs.
Think fartlek.

You should do the thing i mentioned up there twice a week.

Its very difficult for me to keep a good schedule going. Time is an issue and i rather freedive when its a nice morning. I would die if i ran straight for an hour. :lol:

I will try sprints. I like them. Jogging for a long time sucks but i guess i can just tough it out.

Found a good article.

A person who regularly does aerobic exercise will develop a healthier and stronger body. Their heart will be stronger, and pump more blood per heartbeat, making it more efficient, to handle the increased blood circulation required for aerobic exercise. This will allow the person to have a lower heart rate when resting, and make them feel better. The lung capacity and efficiency at transferring material between the air and the bloodstream will increase to handle the extra oxygen required during aerobic exercise. This will allow the person to breathe less when resting, making them feel better. The arteries, veins, and capillaries will become more efficent to handle the increased blood circulation. The muscles will increase their efficiency and more blood vessels will be created in the muscles. Coordination will increase. The person will feel better because of having more endorphins in their brain. The muscles, bones, organs, and other tissue will become stronger to handle the impact that exercise will give to them. Burning more energy will require eating more, but even if a person eats more, the person can more easily lose fat by working out.

Types of Aerobic Exercises

Swimming
Dancing
Walking
Running
Climbing Stairs (sustained for 20 minutes or more)
Team Sports
Roller Blading
Sexual Intercourse
Rowing
Chopping Wood (sustained for 20 minutes or more)
Cross Country Skiing
Hiking
Jogging
Cycling
Calisthenics

How long do you think it takes to see a difference? 4 weeks? 10 weeks? A year?

You can do 20 minutes of yoga a day at home and probably get pretty decent results. I love yoga, it helps me in every aspect of exercise. I honestly highly recommend making the time for it if at all possible.

How long do you think it takes to see a difference? 4 weeks? 10 weeks? A year?Depends on your fitness level. Your fitness level in terms of VO2 max is a steep curve at the unfit level of the equation that slowly becomes asymptotic to whatever your natural limit truly is as your fitness level increases.

If you're in poor cardiovascular shape, you'll start noticing a difference in a week or two. If you're in average shape, probably about a month. That doesn't mean you won't continue to improve, it just means that's when you'll start to notice a palpable difference. That's my experience anyway, everyone is different.

What is your resting BPM at now?

my heartrate goes to ~185 when i jog for 5 mins is that bad

Yeah, that's pretty bad.

I can sustain 20 mph on my bike without going over 130 bpm.

I can run an 8:30 mile pace without going over 140 bpm.

im not really the best runner in the world ;/
but theres nothing i can do ive been jogging/running everyday for 10 mins
i feel like im dying near the end though lol
what should i do?

run more

im not really the best runner in the world ;/
but theres nothing i can do ive been jogging/running everyday for 10 mins
i feel like im dying near the end though lol
what should i do?
What ptavv said. You should run AT LEAST half an hour a day. It hurts but keep going. If you get bored changed area, explore, put it in your day (run to/from work,etc) or bring music.

Its very difficult for me to keep a good schedule going. Time is an issue and i rather freedive when its a nice morning. I would die if i ran straight for an hour. :lol:

I will try sprints. I like them. Jogging for a long time sucks but i guess i can just tough it out.
If you can't jog for an hour you are in "bad shape". Imagine how much better your cardio would be if you could run for an hour. I don't keep schedules either, but just figure monday you do this, tuesday you do that, use the K.I.S.S. method.

Calisthenics

I always thought most of these movements are too high-resistance to be considered aerobic. Is a pushup a calisthenic exercise?