low heart rate

[snapdragen]

Not stumpiness Running Mommy, sturdiness!

See Veronica, you're not the only "sturdy" girl here!

[Veronica]

Sturdiness is good. I wish more models were sturdy.

V.

[Geonz]

Mine was wandering between 48 and 52 last Monday at choir practice (sitting there waiting for the tenors to do their thing)... and then I *ate* something at the break. It was up in the sixties the rest of practice. So all that digesting must have accelerated it - I know I ahd a little more engerny.
When I give blood my bp is usually 104/64 ish... but this morning when I had my physical -- new year's resolution met, ladies, it's been over 10 years since I've darkened a doctor's office door -- it was 130/70! I wasn't nervous, tho' I had ridden the bike over.
Weight was 155... gotta get to work on that...

[Lise]

I don't know my resting HR because I can never remember to lie in bed and take it. My sitting around HR is about 80. By gum, tomorrow's the morning! I'm sleeping with a watch with a second hand next to me!

I agree that 32 sounds morgue-ishly low. OK, I just like the word "morgue-ish" . But it does sound like they'd be holding a mirror over your mouth to see if you were breathing.

Hospital staff always enjoy something odd yet not awful, like a low HR.

I agree about taking your time to heal--do you have an abdominal incision? If so, remember they did a lot of cutting, and a lot of muscle healing needs to occur. Good news is that athletes often heal very well, because their muscles are so well nourished and well oxygenated.

Best wishes, Lise

[doc]

Here's wishing you a quick recovery.

My hospital claim to fame is low BP. My BP dropped to 80/20 (I swear) when I was giving birth (vaginally - not in the operating room for a c section) to my second child. The anesthesiologist kept coming in asking "do you feel OK? Do you feel dizzy?" I felt fine. After 20 minutes of this he came back and said "I'm sorry I can't stand it. I'm going to give you medicine to raise your blood pressure even though you feel fine"
My normal BP is 90/50. But that's thanks to my mother who is the same.

[fixedgeargirl]

Hi Luvn'! I'm in Austin, too! And the low heartrate/bp club (HR 44, BP 104/60). Mine caused some alarm the time I had heat exhaustion and the EMT looked concerned as she read the dial. I explained that it was always low .

I've had a c-section, and I imagine the surgery is *somewhat* similar. Listen to your body as you return to activity and don't cause yourself a setback. I was riding my fixed gear on the road after 5 weeks. I wore an elastic support band over the bikini incision for support, but I also had some seriously loose abdominal muscles after gaining 48 lbs. , nearly all of it belly.

ETA: I just looked at your marker on frappr. Is it actually on your address (mine is about 2 miles from mine)? I ride by there often (I live in the Zilker neighborhood)! So cool!

[CR400]

Don't worry all I'm a freak in the hr department too. I rest at between 55-60, walk around at 80-90, with a max of 210, and can hold hr over 200 for 5 to 10min. without to much problem. Heck, my LT is somewhere around 194.

Thanks, Running Mommy, that makes me feel better about myself too, a strong German woman trying to beat the 110lbs wonder up a hill, I loose everytime. But how about a sprint tiny?

[CorsairMac]

DOn't know what my "resting" heart rate is but it's usually down around the 50s when I got to give blood and I always have to tell them I work out. Waaaaay back when when I had a HRM, my resting was something like 36? 38?. So I'm guessing it probably still is.

[alpinerabbit]

I had 55 that night I woke up with the extrasystoles, and then 61 when the doctor took the electrocardiogram (which showed nothing, as expected)

[Melody]

I'm way over on the other spectrum... at least without my meds.

When I'm not on my (heart) medication, my resting will be between 110 and 140. On meds, I'll fluctuate anywhere between 60 and 90. The same goes for my blood pressure. As my doctor says it, I have "malignant hypertension". It's one of the reasons I bike now, to try to keep that under control.

So, on medication, my blood pressure is typically 90-140/60-110. When I'm not, I'm playing russian roulette with my life. When I had a stroke when I was 27, my BP was recorded to be 253/163.

Oh, and it's _very very_ hard for me to get my pulse rate over 135... Probably due to the meds.

Mel who's still amazed she's even still on this planet.

[luv'nAustin]

Thanks for the replies, nice to know that I have lots of company out there with slow, but steady resting heart rates!

I appreciate your support and agree that six weeks of rest is not the end of the world. It will take some work on my part, but I will catch up to my friends that are still in training. I attend a pretty cool bootcamp in the tri off season and I miss everyone.

Fixedgeargirl, maybe we can meet up for a ride later this spring. You must do the 360/Southwest Pkwy/Bee Cave Road route. Do you do the Dam loop too? I haven't done that since early summer. In fact, I have hardly done any riding this winter, my normal group disbanded for the moment, but will regroup once tri training starts again in March.

Thanks again everyone!

[fixedgeargirl]

Hi luvn'! I ride out on 360 but like to get off the highway (Toro Canyon, Redbud, etc.) I've never actually done the Dam Loop. . Let's ride when you're healed up !

[ACG]

BP is normally 100/65, heart rate is 49.

When I gave birth, vaginally, was not working out but my low BP kept setting off the alarms. I get asked if I faint or have dizzy spells all the time by medical personnel. When I was checke for another problem, the low heart rate made them run all kinds of tests. The found nothing by me, a psycho bike woman.

You are not alone, just in good shape!

[fultzie]

my resting hr is dead-on 70 bpm, and max is somewhere around 210. glad to know there are other "freaks"! i always get weird reactions among athlete friends (because you know we all sit around and compare specs like that )

i used to be on asthma meds, which are notorious for jumping your hr, but i've been off them for a year now and the hr hasn't really changed.

bp is low too... does that make sense? (lower bp-> thinner blood-> have to pump more/faster to get the same amount of oxygen through?) though when you're scared/angry don't both usually go up? i can never remember the connection there...

[RoadRaven]

Hmmm... I know my resting heart rate was around 56... not sure what my resting or max is at the mo - haven't used partner HRM for months and months... have asked for one for my birthday...