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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Those are my numbers, not hers. The blood pressure numbers are smack bang in the middle of the "normal" range. At 36 this is where you should be, my man.

This is not really accurate either. Numbers this low are definitely on the low end of normal and not really typical.

All the blood pressure charts I've found online place those numbers squarely in the green, but I won't argue with a healthcare professional.

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Yeah, textbook numbers are just the starting point. The fluctuations from "normal" are highly dependent on many factors and are taken in context of a whole picture.

110s-teens are more typical systolic numbers for men of good health in their 30s. Certainly the ideal.

It's wild how unfit a good majority of people are, who should be in their prime.

Anyway, my previous post explains it.

I don't know if it's just a fixation of theirs to have the systolic at 120, but a GP recommended I start adding more salt in my food when she measured me at 105/65. I was 18 and weighed a lanky 55 kg, went for a ~10 km jog walk five times a week, hit a boxing bag a couple of times a week. I never started putting more salt in my food but I'm probably over 120 now.

Last edited by JEO on Dec-15-2025 at 11:00

There's a rule of thumb that we treat the patient, not the numbers. Add more salt, lol.

Amusingly, I use shitloads of salt when I cook. I've even thought to myself, "Man I hope this isn't doing anything to my blood pressure."

I'm not quite 55kg, but at 70kg / 155lbs I'm probably a fair bit lighter than the typical 37 year old man.

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You lucky bastards get to eat salt!!!

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Come on Nick. Put the rest of us in our place with your resting heartrate of 15 and VO2 max of a blue whale.

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It's off-season, so not quite that impressive at the moment, but when I was peaking this season my RHR was 36. VO2 Max 62. Marathon was 3:08, Ironman was right at 11 hours, and half-Ironman was 4:55. I hovered between 70-72 kgs.

It takes an insane amount of effort to stay that fit. I spent literally all my time this year either training, working, eating, or sleeping. I'm going to skip the full-distance triathlon next season and just do half-distance and Olympic, but I will go for another marathon in the hopes to break 3 hours.

Edit: on-topic, my BP was a bit high in January during my last physical at 132/79. Definitely didn't feel like it represented my fitness, and I'd have loved to have taken the test again in July when I was peaking.

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