Exercise bp

[denden999]

Does anyone know what their BP reaches when they are exercising. How high does it go.

[PMRPete]

How Does Exercise Affect Blood Pressure?

It’s normal for systolic blood pressure to rise to between 160 and 220 mm Hg during exercise.

healthline.com/health/blood...

[MichaelJH Heart Star in reply to PMRPete]

I was told 200 was upper limit! But then my max pulse was set at 104 - 108. If you have a heart condition probably best to speak to GP or cardiac nurse particularly if you have has open heart surgery.

[denden999 in reply to PMRPete]

Thank you for replying

[denden999 in reply to denden999]

That seems a really low max pulse rate!

[MichaelJH Heart Star in reply to denden999]

Major surgery and beta blockers! Beta blockers lower both BP and pulse.

Spell checker tried to put in BO!

[denden999 in reply to MichaelJH]

You have to love spell checker!

Ahh .... that explains the 104 to 108 pulse and the max BP. Thank you for replying.

[MichaelJH Heart Star in reply to denden999]

I suspect it may change at my one year review as I imagine they don't want the multiple grafts overly strained. Mind you at rehab I was cycling at a constant 15km/hour on the exercise bike's steepest setting. Soaked in perspiration but pulse a steady 100.

[denden999 in reply to MichaelJH]

Well done. It sounds good then. Hope your review goes well for you.

[MichaelJH Heart Star in reply to denden999]

Had a six month one in January that went well. As we are all different I usually suggest people refer to their GP or cardiologist. There's always a chance they have not mentioned a relevant drug or medical condition.

[denden999 in reply to MichaelJH]

Sensible advice.

[Kwenda]

This is the standard calculation.

‘ The basic way to calculate your maximum heart rate is to subtract your age from 220.

For example, if you're 45 years old, subtract 45 from 220 to get a maximum heart rate of 175.

This is the maximum number of times your heart should beat per minute during exercise.’

Take a read from The Mayo Clinic, it is well worth a short read:-

Exercise intensity: How to measure it. This covers all types and fitness conditions.

mayoclinic.org/healthy-life...

Dick

[denden999 in reply to Kwenda]

That's helpful. Thank you

[bowls12 in reply to denden999]

Are we discussing blood pressure or pulse? The original question was exercise and blood pressure which is very difficult and expensive to measure when exercising.

The standard max pulse of 220 - age is OK for a fit and healthy person. It is just over 9 weeks since my MV repair at aged 78 this would give my max pulse 142. The cardiac rehab team would have 40 fits if my pulse got anywhere near 100. Ion Friday it was measure at 62 when resting and 67 5 mins after a fairly intensive cardiac rehab workout.

You need to discuss this with a cardiac specialist, getting it wrong could be a major problem,

[denden999 in reply to bowls12]

Yeah it has veered away from the original question. I was asking about BP and not pulse

[bowls12 in reply to denden999]

A Google search gives information on what is possible and the problems. As I said originally monitoring BP during exercise is complicated. If your specialists want the information they will provide the instrumentation.

I would keep to monitoring pulse (heart rate) and be guided by your specialist as to the maximum allowable, for you

[stevejb1810]

Most of us hearties know our numbers (by heart 😀). If you read the literature the max heart rate should be 220 minus your age(that is for ‘normal’ people). At cardiac rehab I was told to take 30 off that number (so in my case it became 220-61-30 = 129 bpm). The general advice is to exercise at about 85% of your theoretical max (I’ve seen some suggest up to 90%). All of this is general advice, there does not seem to be hard and fast ‘rules’ here. The best advice I had was to ‘listen to your body’, it’ll tell you if you are over doing it!

[P2ohy]

I was told by cardio Doc not to go above 120 bpm. I changed my ranges to take account of this.

I have just increased it to 130 and again changed ranged to suit.

I am in beta blockers so difficult to get HR to what I used to train at.

[denden999 in reply to P2ohy]

Thank you

[JulianM]

I think the short answer to you question is yes, a systolic blood pressure around 200 in (very hard, maximal effort) exercise is reasonably normal. In really heavy weight training (e.g. maximum effort bench press to failure on 2 or 3 repetitions) blood pressure can go to 300+ if Valsalva manoeuvres are used; this can be dangerous - Google Elefteriades Yale research on young weightlifters suffering aortic dissections for details. When I did my fitness instructor training, we were taught to discourage breath-holding during resistance training: this is why. I did an exercise stress test as part of a cardiac research project, seated on an exercise bike, with my blood pressure measured at intervals. My usual morning blood pressure readings, daily, at home, are below 115/65. When I did a 24-hour monitoring exercise, my average night time BP was 103/59, day time was 127/74. My 'resting' BP on the day of the test (think: massive white coat effect) was 134/90. My peak on the test was 180/86. I'm not on any medication, but am limiting my exercise levels while an aneurysm on my ascending aorta is assessed; I'm age 60, it's 4.5cm in diameter, my risk is likely to be quite low. I would absolutely love to know what happens to my blood pressure while I'm running, but haven't found any equipment or protocols which show how to measure it; I suspect it's not possible to do it reliably. (I have checked my blood pressure before and after running on a treadmill; if anything, it goes down ...) I have found absolutely nothing online about blood pressure during swimming (though I could imagine ways of checking it, at least for single-arm swimming in an endless pool ...) - though I'd expect it to depend on whether and to what extent people are holding or releasing their breath, as well as the intensity of the exercise.

[denden999 in reply to JulianM]

Thank you. That was helpful. I suffer from really bad anxiety as well and that probably pushes the readings higher as well!

[Hidden]

I think it will depend enormously on what condition you had, what the fix was, and how it affected your heart, if at all. I had 2 stents fitted after being diagnosed with 96% blocked LAD, and still have 50% blocked right artery. I have ditched all the med's apart from blood thinners and statins, along with the HR monitor. I just go with how I feel, and am back running sometimes flat out, but I consider myself very lucky. I know a lot of people are not able to do this, like I say, it is very subjective.

[denden999 in reply to Hidden]

Yeah think I need to ditch the BP monitor as well. !!!!

[jimmyq in reply to denden999]

No! You need the BP monitor. Take it every day, following the instructions, e.g. how much time to rest before switching it on. Keep a log of it, I have a spreadsheet. Your BP is your first indicator that something is going wrong with your ticker.