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blood pressure (pg. 5)
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by r5a
bro i might have to ask you, is she dead? these numbers look incredibly low to me. but i know nothing. |
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.
| quote: | jumping into the MRI thing
Jack - are MRI's expensive as over there? or not accessible? out of curiosity (edited to remove some pointles story about a runner i know) |
We have nationalised healthcare in the UK, so the NHS is not going to waste money giving me a scan for a sore knee I picked up from running unless it was stopping me going to work or living my life normally. 90% of people with patellar tendonitis will make a full recovery in a few months if they just do some strengthening and balance exercises. Obviously, now Jenny's described her situation in more detail it sounds more serious than just a regular over-use injury.
You can go private if you want, but what's the point? The only thing where you really have to is dental care - it's nominally still nationalised but the system is effectively broken now and you need to pay if you ever want to see a dentist. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | 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.
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This is not really accurate either. Numbers this low are definitely on the low end of normal and not really typical. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| 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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| Silky Johnson |
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. :wtf:
Anyway, my previous post explains it. |
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| JEO |
| 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. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| There's a rule of thumb that we treat the patient, not the numbers. Add more salt, lol. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
Amusingly, I use loads 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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| 72hrpartyanimal |
| You lucky bastards get to eat salt!!! |
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| Silky Johnson |
| Salt, fat, flavour, fun. All things in moderation. Alcohol too. My liver said so. Lololol. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| 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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| ziptnf |
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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