Okay, okay, I'm tired of arguing weight with Aquageek and company...and Centaur brought up a very neat idea.
So answer me this, if you're so inclined to: What's your resting heartrate? There are a few who say theirs is below 55, and some who say it's right around 60.
To try and get a slightly less askew measurement, try taking it while you're sitting right here, reading this. Hopefully, you're on the computer during the day, either at work (shame on you for being on the boards at work!) or at home (I won't question that), or somewhere, and you sit down for a few minutes at least. Take your heartrate, and answer the poll, and we'll see what we come up with.
I'd start by telling you mine, but I had an asthma attack this morning, and as a result, my resting heart rate is higher, around 68 bpm's. Typically, it's 54. Stupid asthma. Makes me feel like I've been hit by a truck. :(
Maybe we should post a question about people who suffer from Thyroid problems. I was diagnosed last year with hypo and a pretty good sized goiter. (My doctor said, "My you have a large neck.") I finally went to a specialist and explained that the .05 of synthroid wasn't doing anything for me, she bumpted it up to .1. I'm doing much better. The doctor is amazed that I'm able to swim three or four times a week. She said many of her patients are sedentary.
Originally posted by susanehr
Maybe we should post a question about people who suffer from Thyroid problems. I was diagnosed last year with hypo and a pretty good sized goiter. (My doctor said, "My you have a large neck.") I finally went to a specialist and explained that the .05 of synthroid wasn't doing anything for me, she bumpted it up to .1. I'm doing much better. The doctor is amazed that I'm able to swim three or four times a week. She said many of her patients are sedentary.
Susan, I'm glad the dosage is working for you now. It does take a while to find that right magic pill amount. I think it was 8 months of diferent pills and many blood tests before I was good and even since then I've been changed 3 or 4 times. The bad part about being so active now is that I usually don't notice whenI go hypo, I have to have a blood test to tell me. When I wasn't swimming, I could easily tell.
Good luck!:)
I think it would be interesting to possibly do a discussion on swimmers with thyroid disease....though we may just bore people out of their minds, lol.
Craig's right: we really are all a bunch of sickies! I absolutely shudder to think how bad (or in the case of my asthma, better) my conditions would be if I wasn't as active as I am.
Also, as the poll thread-starter, I have to say 51 votes is TERRIBLE! I know there's more people who look at this than just 51! Come on! Do you not have heartbeats? Lol.
P.S. - Craig, we got you the first time about the inhalers. If the world was perfect, there would be no aerosol, and all asthmatics would use portable nebulizers ensconced safely in backpacks for travel. However, like the Walgreen's commercial, we don't live anywhere near Perfect, and different treatment regimens go with different asthma patients. Sorry, but there's no nebulizing over here. I will, however, take full responsibility for the depletion of the Ozone layer.
First, it sounds as if we are all a bunch of sickies! I'm amazed at how swimming has kept me healthy. When I ran more than swam, I wasa constantly sick & wheezing. there was a tiem that I was inthe ER constantly. The ER docs at George Washington joked tht that it should have been named for me and not Ronald Reagon (who happened to live for some of his childhood here in Glesubrg, IL.).
Second, inhalers are bad for our climate. I was recently told that an asthmatic using a standard, old-style albuterol inhaler does more damage to the ozone layer than any refrigerator. We should try to switch to the new styles that are powder. The portable nebulizer I have fits in my backpack really well. I think that it is easier than carrying the thre inhalers I used to have to hunt for when I needed to take them. I have been using it for about 5 months. Before my pulmonaid was ackward but so beneficial. My lungs hold about 9.7 liters of air. When I did my PFT last month before a treatment I had only 67% capacity. After a treatment I blew the needle off of the indicator.
Hey all, I'm new to swimming but not to exercising. I've done a lot of training using a heart rate monitor and paying close attentiont to heart rate zones. My resting is 44 on average. Heart rates do tend to vary for the slightest reasons. I used to have to check it every morning before training and some days there would be a 5-10 beat swing!
I am not confused. Its just that my resting heart rate and IQ run about the same. originally posted by Scansy
Wow, I didn't realize you were in such great shape (physically that is)....J/k of course!!......(I figure that since the mourning period for the Steeler's loss is now officially over, that it's o.k. to throw a few light jabs now?)
newmastersswimmer
Living in Philadelphia Eagles Land, I took more than a few light jabs after the Steelers failed to make the SB and the Eagles did make it.:( I have learned to be thick skinned.
As for the heart rate/IQ - either I'm dumb as a box but in awesome shape, or maybe I'm a fat, slob genius!
