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fuck TA fam.

i went to my GP in over a decade, last time was 10+ years ago, sometime in 2015, anyway apparently i cooked myself too hard this summer, I'm over 140/90

I'm 36, shits not good.

(no it was not because of the tootskis in the washroom) but it was because I'm 5'11 195 with a shit diet and excessive drinking and no exercise.

tl;dr - take care of your bodies, and all of you on this site are at least +5 or +10 than me so get it.

especially @jennypie you dirty whore who I've never met and @swamper who I'm trying to meet at random TO events, one day buddy, one day.

195 lbs?! You're fine. I'm 5'10", 242 lbs, and I'm fine! I'm just a big, dumb bitch.

hahaha i've been going through this crap for the last 2 months


I went to my Dr in last November and it was fine. Fast forward to this past August and my wife want me to check it and it was through the roof. It was sooo bad that I went to a Cardiologist.


I'm on medication and I went through the Stress Test and everything tested out fine. I have a Calcium Score of 0. I'm 6'0, 245lbs and I'm on the peleton 4-5x a week

I checked my BP this morning and it was 133 over 94.

They told me the top number needs to be under 135 and the bottom number needs to under 85.

I'd like to attribute the high BP towards family related crap

Wuddup my fellow hypertension brother.

I too was diagnosed with hypertension back when I was 30. I was applying for life insurance which required testing. I was meausred at 170/120. The guy said to immediately see a doctor which I did. They prescribed some meds and told me what I needed to do. Slowly but surely, I was able to get it under control. I eat healthy for the most part and exercise regularly. I now measure 120/80 with spikes every now and then (usually to be excited). I unfortunately have white coat syndrome which means i test high at doctor visits. I make sure measure my BP for a few days ahead of an appointment to show them I have it under control.

If you're like me, it's most likely genetic (my parents had/have it) so it's something that you have be aware of. This is a good knowledge for you because now you know a bit of what your future holds.

FYI - I don't drink often but get fucking BLOTTO when I'm out partying. I still smoke cigarettes unfortunately which doesn't help the cause. It's a curse!! Hoping to eventually quit but addiction is rough. Carne asada burritos are KING!

edit* 5'9-1/2", 185 - 190lbs, 12" penis.

Lol, thanks for the advice. I do take good care of myself. I, too, just had a physical and check up with my new doctor. Bloodwork, everything. I'm fit as a fiddle.

I check my own BP at work often enough and it's rock solid. My resting heart rate is mid 50s.

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Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal I still smoke cigarettes unfortunately which doesn't help the cause. It's a curse!! Hoping to eventually quit but addiction is rough.

Man, if you haven't kicked it by now, you're only gonna quit after there's something seriously wrong with you if you don't make a serious effort to just drop it ASAP. Go cold turkey, quit NOW! I started at age 15 or so, but now at 36 I have less than a pack a year; a few at every work function, and that's it. I feel like a king and like absolute shit every time I have one.

Some of my younger co-workers have trouble understanding why anyone alive today would smoke at all, and when I try to explain to them that basically the whole world used to smell like cigarettes, and that we're pretty much conditioned into thinking cigarette smell means there's a safe adult around, they can't seem to fathom much of it, which is pretty cool. The dumbest addiction there is, and they know it.

eventually the chill out room will become mere geriatric posting as everyone reaches the twilight of their lives

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Originally posted by JEO Man, if you haven't kicked it by now, you're only gonna quit after there's something seriously wrong with you if you don't make a serious effort to just drop it ASAP. Go cold turkey, quit NOW! I started at age 15 or so, but now at 36 I have less than a pack a year; a few at every work function, and that's it. I feel like a king and like absolute shit every time I have one. Some of my younger co-workers have trouble understanding why anyone alive today would smoke at all, and when I try to explain to them that basically the whole world used to smell like cigarettes, and that we're pretty much conditioned into thinking cigarette smell means there's a safe adult around, they can't seem to fathom much of it, which is pretty cool. The dumbest addiction there is, and they know it.

You're totally right. I have no excuses other then being weak. It's the craziest thing that I just can't stop. I quit during the covid lockdown for 2+ years (cold turkey) but picked back up at the office. It's just me any buddy George (an old school dude) who I shoot the shit with when we have our "safety meetings". As they say, misery loves company.

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Originally posted by Hyperborean eventually the chill out room will become mere geriatric posting as everyone reaches the twilight of their lives

So? At least we'll be posting!


Ugh why am I replying to you!

Not to worry, mate, the fact that you've gone already to the GP makes it much better than if you had not got yourself checked at all.

As for me, I'm 179 centimetres tall and weigh 70 kilos, or 154 lb over 5'10" in the empire of inches and pounds and freedom fries (I recently found out I'm 2 centimetres taller than I thought I was, which makes me the one guy in male history to say I'm shorter than I really am). I do like to say my blood pressure is 109 over 69 though, much to my doctors' chagrin, as they insist on rounding the damn thing up to 110/70 because we can't have nice things, can we?

I have to admit I've always liked the rituals of exercising, which has been helped me a lot once I hit my 40s. The clanking iron, the reps on the benching press, the loud stomps on the treadmill booming all over the gym to drown out my methane emissions to the atmosphere - a small damage to the ozone layer, a huge byproduct of my whey protein intake. It got worse after my brief stint in Korea where I found myself surrounded by sharp lines, clean skin, and people who seem to have been designed by Photoshop's gentlest hand. I shed a few kilos I didn't really need to lose and decided to work on my muscles, so now I look like a malnourished lumberjack who clearly doesn't have the necessary body fat to survive in the wilderness for more than a couple of minutes unassisted, should I ever be forced to fight the elements.

My one problem? Recently, my bloodwork came back with the kind of numbers you'd brag about in locker rooms: testosterone nearly double the upper range for my age bracket. Why? No idea. I can't even brag I did it for the plot: no syringes, no secret powders, no nothing. Just me, my dumbbells, and whatever trick my biology is playing on me this decade.

My wife fears it's cancer. I dread it's something more terrifying: it might be God's way of telling me I'm about to lose my mane after impersonating Jesus for so long

Jeez Lira, was that your only result out of range? Are you doing follow up testing? I hope it's nothing serious!

It is, other than vitamin D, and I'm getting all tests retaken this week because it makes no sense whatsoever. All else came out completely normal - liver, kidneys, cookie points, electrolytes, thyroid, chakras, glucose, blood counts, everything. Except for the veiny arms I've always had, nothing screams "alarmingly high testosterone" about me either: no irritability, no balls to the walls libido, no sudden gains at the gym, nothing besides existential angst. If anything, I'm afraid my body decided to impersonate the testosterone levels of a Greek hero to overcompensate for extremely low levels of vitamin D (my real Achiles heel), but I'm aware a little more sunbathing would have been a healthier choice.

Weird. Maybe just a normal fluctuation? I sure hope so!

The body is weird and wonderful. The more I understand it the more mysterious it gets. Well, pathological processes anyway.

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36 is a bad age to get some middle aged malady like high blood pressure, man. I'm a year older than you and I'm running a marathon on Sunday. The only thing that's really changed since my 20s is that I need to stretch every muscle fibre of my body after every run or something immediately snaps off.

Marathon distance is something I�ve wanted to do, and certainly technically could do, but I usually start getting a blister, or something starts to chaff after mile 15. I run about 40 miles per week when it�s warm out though, and am up to about 1,300 miles for the year. You should for sure be active and doing cardio to stave off high blood pressure from doing nothing.

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Originally posted by Hyperborean Marathon distance is something I�ve wanted to do, and certainly technically could do, but I usually start getting a blister, or something starts to chaff after mile 15. I run about 40 miles per week when it�s warm out though, and am up to about 1,300 miles for the year. You should for sure be active and doing cardio to stave off high blood pressure from doing nothing.

I'd like to add in nutrition. You have to change your daily diet to help control hypertension.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J 36 is a bad age to get some middle aged malady like high blood pressure, man.

Lol, yes you'd think so. People are more unfit and unwell than ever.

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Originally posted by r5a fuck TA fam. i went to my GP in over a decade, last time was 10+ years ago, sometime in 2015, anyway apparently i cooked myself too hard this summer, I'm over 140/90 I'm 36, shits not good. (no it was not because of the tootskis in the washroom) but it was because I'm 5'11 195 with a shit diet and excessive drinking and no exercise. tl;dr - take care of your bodies, and all of you on this site are at least +5 or +10 than me so get it. especially @jennypie you dirty whore who I've never met and @swamper who I'm trying to meet at random TO events, one day buddy, one day.

We're the same age. Hopefully we both live to at least 96.

Today I learned that most of TA is younger than me. Anyone over 40?

45 this year.

turned 46 this year. Is it weird that I forget if I'm 45 or 46? It's like i'm turning into my parents!!

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Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal turned 46 this year. Is it weird that I forget if I'm 45 or 46? It's like i'm turning into my parents!!

happens to the best us....

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you're all gents and scholars lads!

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J 36 is a bad age to get some middle aged malady like high blood pressure, man. I'm a year older than you and I'm running a marathon on Sunday. The only thing that's really changed since my 20s is that I need to stretch every muscle fibre of my body after every run or something immediately snaps off.

jesus dude, howd it go? i am envious for sure. and you're not wrong... i too also realize the importance of stretching before working out now. i don't like this feeling of decay, can we just go back to the days of blissful ignorance with insane metabolisms and the feeling of self-repairing indestructible bodies

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Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal Wuddup my fellow hypertension brother. I too was diagnosed with hypertension back when I was 30. I was applying for life insurance which required testing. I was meausred at 170/120. The guy said to immediately see a doctor which I did. They prescribed some meds and told me what I needed to do. Slowly but surely, I was able to get it under control. I eat healthy for the most part and exercise regularly. I now measure 120/80 with spikes every now and then (usually to be excited). I unfortunately have white coat syndrome which means i test high at doctor visits. I make sure measure my BP for a few days ahead of an appointment to show them I have it under control. If you're like me, it's most likely genetic (my parents had/have it) so it's something that you have be aware of. This is a good knowledge for you because now you know a bit of what your future holds. FYI - I don't drink often but get fucking BLOTTO when I'm out partying. I still smoke cigarettes unfortunately which doesn't help the cause. It's a curse!! Hoping to eventually quit but addiction is rough. Carne asada burritos are KING! edit* 5'9-1/2", 185 - 190lbs, 12" penis.

yeahhhh stage 2 gang rise up.... we sound like we live VERY similar lifestyles man

i did the 23 and me thing, I'll have to check but i don't think there was anything abnormal or to worry about. sadly i only have myself to blame for my poor health state currently.

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Originally posted by Lira Not to worry, mate, the fact that you've gone already to the GP makes it much better than if you had not got yourself checked at all. As for me, I'm 179 centimetres tall and weigh 70 kilos, or 154 lb over 5'10" in the empire of inches and pounds and freedom fries (I recently found out I'm 2 centimetres taller than I thought I was, which makes me the one guy in male history to say I'm shorter than I really am). I do like to say my blood pressure is 109 over 69 though, much to my doctors' chagrin, as they insist on rounding the damn thing up to 110/70 because we can't have nice things, can we? I have to admit I've always liked the rituals of exercising, which has been helped me a lot once I hit my 40s. The clanking iron, the reps on the benching press, the loud stomps on the treadmill booming all over the gym to drown out my methane emissions to the atmosphere - a small damage to the ozone layer, a huge byproduct of my whey protein intake. It got worse after my brief stint in Korea where I found myself surrounded by sharp lines, clean skin, and people who seem to have been designed by Photoshop's gentlest hand. I shed a few kilos I didn't really need to lose and decided to work on my muscles, so now I look like a malnourished lumberjack who clearly doesn't have the necessary body fat to survive in the wilderness for more than a couple of minutes unassisted, should I ever be forced to fight the elements. My one problem? Recently, my bloodwork came back with the kind of numbers you'd brag about in locker rooms: testosterone nearly double the upper range for my age bracket. Why? No idea. I can't even brag I did it for the plot: no syringes, no secret powders, no nothing. Just me, my dumbbells, and whatever trick my biology is playing on me this decade. My wife fears it's cancer. I dread it's something more terrifying: it might be God's way of telling me I'm about to lose my mane after impersonating Jesus for so long

you really have a way with words and stories my guy, first time reading a post online made me want to go get a pump out at a gym.

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Originally posted by r5a jesus dude, howd it go?

I was aiming for sub-4 hours and I got there in 3:58:10, so I was very happy. Ran a very consistent race, had one stop for 60 seconds to piss but otherwise kept it moving with no walking breaks and didn't hit a wall at any point.

In the grand scheme of things, 3:58 ain't much of a time. In pretty much every race I've ever ran I've finished around the 30th percentile, and this time I came something like 2700th out of 10000 people. I did take 9 minutes off the PB I set when I was 28, so at least I can say I'm not in the decline years just yet.

By the way, I hope you realise Lira is using AI for those posts. "I can't even brag I did it for the plot: no syringes, no secret powders, no nothing. Just me, my dumbbells, and whatever trick my biology is playing on me this decade." is pure Chat GPT speak.

Appreciate it.

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