Dizziness

[smilingcat]

I haven't really gone out for a training ride since February. Partly not enough time for a ride, partly lack of enthusiasm, and partly because I've been having minor dizzy spells.

In place of riding, I've been going for easy walk with my partner. And during my walk, I been getting dizzy for no apparent reason. Just all of sudden dizzy for a second then I'm fine. occasionally, my peripheral vision goes gray for a second. I do have to stand up or get up slowly but nothing out of the norm. But the dizziness while on a leisure walk??

So today, I went and saw my doctor. He has in his chart of my BP but he asked anyway. Mine is normally 60/100 or there abouts. Today he said mine was 56/104. And he said my heart rate is really low as in low 50's 20-30 years ago when I used to train seriously my heart rate was down around 52-54 and with bit of concentration, I could force it to skip. My doctor didn't think funny back then. I'm no spring chicken, I haven't been training like I used to and I thought my HR was up in the 70's how could his reading be so different then mine where I just take mine the old fashioned way?? pulse of my jugular with my index finger. I trust my doctor's reading more than mine. but still??

he gave me the green light to start training again He knows my training regimen and thought it was okay. One of his former patient went to the national. So he is very familiar with our commitment and training schedule. (I'm no where near just too old)

So hopefully I can get back up to where I need to be. As for dizziness, maybe I just have a temporary irregularity in my heart beat but never when I'm working out hard.

Nothing to worry about I guess. Yahoo just get out of the doldrum and ride baby ride!!

[NoraBelinda]

Last week 4-27-09 I went on a long 40 mile ride with climbing over 1,500 feet in elevation. Felt great the next day did a weight work out and hiked for an 1 hour. Since I have been experiencing dizziness to lesser & greater degress. Has anyone else experienced this and any ideas for minimize?

[tctrek]

Last week 4-27-09 I went on a long 40 mile ride with climbing over 1,500 feet in elevation. Felt great the next day did a weight work out and hiked for an 1 hour. Since I have been experiencing dizziness to lesser & greater degress. Has anyone else experienced this and any ideas for minimize?

Blood sugar? Are you eating enough during and after all this work?

[Photoflygirl]

What you describe is how I have felt after a couple of rides where my heart rate was pretty high, probably 80-90% of max. The only other times I have felt this is after a stress echo test. This goes away in a day or two. I can't really describe the feeling in my chest that lingers, it's kind of like that exhiliration feeling you get after exercising, except it is really intense. Like I said, it goes away in a day or two and the doctor says its nothing to worry about. It should get better over a period of time as I continue to exercise.

[Photoflygirl]

I had this feeling again after a ride this week and decided to go to the dr. to see what was up. She suggested I had exercise induced asthma, and gave me an inhaler (Proventil) to use 20 min before cycling. Two other tests she did on me were negative. I tried the inhaler and felt much better after my rides. This only happens when my heart rate gets really high. I researched this on the Net and found that this is really common in athletes and will possibly go away with conditioning. That is what I am aiming for! I absolutely hate to take medicine, but will do it when necessary.