what's your bp??

[browndog1]

What is your bp while on?

I just did mine today (although it was at a shitty pharmacy with a small arm hole), and it was 165/56.

The dude at the counter said that the first number was high because I came in from the car and went right to the machine without resting for a few minutes.

What do these numbers mean, what is considered high bp, and how do you lower them when they are high?

....bd

 

[bulkhead]

well

110 over 60 go figure

 

[SNAKE BITE]

140/70

 

[Lift or Die]

This morning 140/80

I wouldn't even be able to get my forearm past the cuff in those pharmacy testers. I think they're made for women, children and skinny people.

 

[Zyglamail]

usually around 120/80.

 

[browndog1]

so if I do have high bp because of the cycle I"m on, is there anything I can do to remedy it?

...bd

 

[DocTodd]

i did a poll about 2 months ago....try to resurrect it

T

 

[vatech15]

A "normal" blood pressure is something like 120/80.
Any blood pressure reading that consistently stays at 140/90 or higher is considered high blood pressure.

Your systolic pressure (pressure exerted when the heart contracts) is a little high like the clerk said, but the diastolic pressure is pretty low.

I would recommend taking your blood pressure a few more times to get an average reading, because everyone's BP will fluctuate during the day. There are many ways to reduce high blood pressure. For more info check out: http://www.lifeclinic.com/focus/blood/whatisit.asp

 

[o`boy]

110/85 pulse 63....... not to bad i guess

 

[casavant]

The only bp machine I have ready access to is the one at Wal-Mart, and just to get my forearm in there I practically have to grease it up. When they use the thigh cuff at the doctor's office it's somewhere in the high-normal range. My diastolic is almost always good, but sometimes the systolic jumps up a little bit. I've heard the diastolic is the one you really have to watch. Can anyone confirm this?

 

[vatech15]

Yeah...the diastolic is probably the most important one because it is the measurement of the pressure when the heart is at rest (or between beats.) When you have a really high diastolic pressure, it needs to be checked and treated.

 

[MaxBiceps]

120 over 70, off cycle.

 

[Dai Kaioushin]

On: 150/70
Off: 130/60

The strange thing is the big interval between the two values.

 

[kevin7]

mine is consistently around 98/66
great for my health, but I don't have the veiny look that I'd like.

 

[DocTodd]

the veiny look has nothing to do with your BP. The BP affects your arteries.

T

 

[OXANDRIN]

whats the perfect BP for an athlete?