Low Blood Pressure.

[bass]

I have a normal blood pressure, but 15 minutes into my cardio it drops to about 100 over 60 and it stays that way until i am done, my BP also drops when i am lifting. is this normal?

[CHAP]

how do you know tha t it is dropping when your running/lifting?

If your using a home bp machine change the batterys or plug it into the wall.

It could be a shitty machine

You probably have nothing to worry about if you bloodpressure is fine normally. Your not suppost to check it during exercise

[(1*)]

don't know but 100 / 60 wouldn't make me worry.

[bass]

how do you know tha t it is dropping when your running/lifting?

If your using a home bp machine change the batterys or plug it into the wall.

It could be a shitty machine

You probably have nothing to worry about if you bloodpressure is fine normally. Your not suppost to check it during exercise

mostly during cardio, i completely stop and do a test every 10 minutes or so. i will change the batteries and see if it makes any difference. i have the Omron unit which is pretty good, i checked it against the one my doctor uses, and it was perfect.

[CHAP]

Ya that is a great machine I have this one too.. I used to work in a heart center. It is pushing it. We checked so many bp's a day. You need to get to a dr if your systoilc drops below 100 and if your diastolic drops under 50.

If it were me I would be up my dr a$$ til I got some good answers

[ph34rsh4ck]

Why were you checking it in the first place, do you feel lightheaded or dizzy or anything after you start running??

[bass]

Why were you checking it in the first place, do you feel lightheaded or dizzy or anything after you start running??

Yes i do, but only when i take my energy shake but not to a point where I was worried. a year ago my doctor hooked me up to a heart/stress monitor and got me on a treadmill, he said everything looked good just out of shape physically.

to answer your question, i only used it to monitor my heart beat rate, I don't have a heart beat monitor so i am using this for now until i get one.

[ph34rsh4ck]

Well if your taking an "energy shake" , if its something like super pump 250 or another one of those NO drinks those are gonna cause vasodilation, which could cause that bp drop depending on how much your taking

[bass]

when i am not exercising my BP is perfect. i found this chart which may help answer some of the questions, i also read that people who's BP elevates during exercise are more likely to end up with HBP and have to take medications, but in my case is the opposite. I will ask my doctor the next time I see him and report back here...thanks for all your replies.

http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/medi...ressure.14.pdf