<p>^^An increase of 30-50 points in resting heart rate sounds alarming. I hope he goes to that cardiologist right away.</p>
<p>Someone suggested to limit minimal carbs at breakfast and lunch and never eat them at dinner. We’ll see!!!
Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>That’s frightening, MOWC. I hope he is able to get a diagnosis and appropriate treatment sooner rather than later.</p>
<p>Please keep us posted on WC. That does sound concerning. Is it possible he has some kind of low level virus or something that is stressing his system?</p>
<p>MOWC: Ditto what CJane said. You and WC will both feel better once he’s gone to see a specialist to figure out what’s happening.</p>
<p>CJane: At the two gyms where I’ve gone to spinning class, people sign up one or two days before the class. Since there are a limited number of bikes–you really can’t wait until the last minute. My gym (in the mornings) is almost 100% (with the exception of a handful of oldies like me) 30-45 year-old upscale suburban mothers who stay home or work part-time. Most of the working folks go to the gym at night or to the 5:00 am classes (I went to spinning once at that time–hate getting up when it’s dark.) </p>
<p>Anyway–given the make-up of the gym, the instructors (who are also 30-40 year old suburban mothers) aren’t screamers and they don’t play outrageous music. The other thing that’s strange to me is that the instructor will dim the lights once the class starts; not sure what that’s all about. Other gym I where I took spinning (in the summer) instructor didn’t do that. </p>
<p>Instructors will guide you on a ride where you warm up, do hill work, ride on a flat road, do jumps, standup, sit down, and eventually, cool down and stretch. To keep it more interesting, some instructors do theme music. For example, during the Go Red for Women Week (heart disease awarness for women) the instructor (she’s my favorite) talked about women and heart disease and played music that had a strong woman theme. Same instructor did a Hawaiian theme-music ride. You get the picture. I like spinning because it is really efficient–burn tons of calories in a short time and gets my heart rate up really high and it stays there until the session is over.</p>
<p>Thanks- this first appointment is just his GP (and he’s not impressed by her). I hope she sends him to a cardiologist right away or back to the ER. A cardiologist read his EKG on Sunday and it was OK, but I think he needs a CT scan or whatever else tests they do. His bloodwork was OK on Sunday, which sort of rules out an infection (I think). I have a few concerns about his long-term use of his asthma inhaler, but I have no idea if he is over-using it or not. None of that would lead to the HR staying so high (in my limited medical knowledge).</p>
<p>Bromfield - Huh, I didn’t know they dim the lights for spinning classes. I did a search online and came across this on the Lipscomb site.</p>
<p>“The dim lighting and background music promotes a non-threatening environment that eliminate many insecurities about group exercise classes.”</p>
<p>[Lipscomb</a> Campus Recreation offers free Spinning class to students, community in January - Office of Undergraduate Admissions | Lipscomb University](<a href=“http://www.lipscomb.edu/admissions/Filter/Item/0/17106]Lipscomb”>http://www.lipscomb.edu/admissions/Filter/Item/0/17106)</p>
<p>I hope he can see a cardiologist MoWC, and that he’ll check it all out. We had a scare with our youngest, fit teen S, last summer. He Had a suspicious EKG. He was seen by H’s cardiologist and cleared after an echocardiogram. Good luck to yours and stay strong Mom!</p>
<p>MOWC:</p>
<p>I’m sure WC will figure it out and bounce back in no time. Sounds like it could be as simple as running himself into the ground overtraining:</p>
<p>[Increased</a> Heart Rate & Overtraining | LIVESTRONG.COM](<a href=“http://www.livestrong.com/article/94707-increased-heart-rate-overtraining/]Increased”>Cures for Overtraining | Healthfully)</p>
<p>This is not an endorsement because I don’t even understand what they are talking about, but WC might be a candidate for Heart Rate Variability. Supposedly they can measure day to day variations in the timing between certain kinds of heart beats to suggest training harder or easier. </p>
<p>[BioForce</a> HRV |](<a href=“http://www.bioforcehrv.com/]BioForce”>http://www.bioforcehrv.com/)</p>
<p>I’m skeptical, but open to the possibility that these guys are on to something. WC and people doing crazy intense conditioning are the target for this stuff.</p>
<p>On [Dim</a> lights](<a href=“New Riders Of The Purple Sage Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Loud Loud Music.. - YouTube”>New Riders Of The Purple Sage Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Loud Loud Music.. - YouTube)</p>
<p>Maybe I should try dimming the lights when I ride the Airdyne. For some reason, the environment always feels terribly threatening whenever I hop on that thing…</p>
<p>He’s texting me from the Dr. and I’m not happy. I’m familiar with the over-training increased HR stuff, but that doesn’t explain 120 while packing his suitcase this morning.They are talking about anxiety and prescribing more Ativan, which I really don’t like, and Paxil, which he isn’t going to like since it is going to screw with his training. i don’t think it is just anxiety. I feel like we’re hitting a wall with the medical folks right now.</p>
<p>I hope he gets in to see the cardiologist soon.</p>
<p>So- no real answers. No referral to cardiologist. Just “rest” and the meds. I hope this self corrects, but I have my doubts. He tends to track me in many ways (except he has asthma and I don’t) and I have NEVER had that happen with my HR. I’ve had it go up 10 beats or so when dehydrated or over-trained, but not failure to go below 80 or 100 even at rest. I hope he’s not going to be one of these athletes that drops dead in the middle of the event! I actually have a lot of respect for doctors, but I don’t feel there is a good understanding of athlete’s bodies/systems and too much of a rush to push drugs.</p>
<p>MoWC</p>
<p>Why won’t the general dr give him a referral to a cardiologist? I would insist, or barring that go back to the ER (of a hospital that specializes in cardiology) !</p>
<p>Keep us posted</p>
<p>Does the health plan he’s on require a referral?</p>
<p>MOWC:</p>
<p>That’s frustrating. Doctors always jump to the prescription, don’t they?</p>
<p>If it were me, with so many of the symptoms fitting the bill for ironman over-training, I’d take a self-imposed seven day vacation from training and see what happens to the sleep patterns and heart rate. Worth a shot before diving into a bunch of prescriptions and side effects.</p>
<p>But, that’s just me. I would always want to look at the big picture and see if the prescription is just a band-aid for something else that I can change. If not, fine. Fill the prescription.</p>
<p>If the training is the underlying issue and the meds just allow him to continue over-training, is that really a step in the right direction? If it’s overtraining, then his performance will improve by training less…</p>
<p>There are many many funky things that can happen with the heart – almost all of which I don’t understand. Good luck to WC. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that this resolves on its own.</p>
<p>After snow showing yesterday, I caught up with my Wednesday workout today. This is just a hard workout, but it was pretty good. Swings with my new kettlebell are coming along, but I’m only doing two sets of 12. Cable stuff was good. I really enjoy those exercises.The DB front squats with 80 pounds are a challenge, but I’m getting really good depth on them, at least to parallel thighs. Chin ups were the high point. Still only four at a time, but four good solid, proper slow chinups, with no flailing around. So, there’s progress, even if I can’t get a fifth one…</p>
<p>Tried the ValSlide atomic pushup. It’s hard.</p>
<p>Warm Up
Quadruped thoracic rotation
Quadruped hip extension
ValSlide Hip Flexion
Bottom position pushup hold
Band assisted leg lowering
Walking Lunge/Lateral Lunge
Squat to Stand</p>
<p>Agility Ladder
ladder 2 step walk forward
ladder Icky Shuffle forward
Ladder Ali Shuffle
ladder One leg hop</p>
<p>Cable Pulley core exercise (2 sets)
Pallof Press holds (both sides)
Front Plank rows (both sides)
Side Plank rows (both sides)</p>
<p>Power (2 sets x 12 each)
kettlebell swing
Overhead Med ball slam</p>
<p>Strength (3 sets)
DB front squat (2 x 40)
DB Bench press (2 x 45)
DB step ups to weight bench (2 x 40)
Chin up (4 + 2)</p>
<p>Just a walking day today. </p>
<p>Best wishes to WC.</p>
<p>Frustrating indeed for WC. Best wishes for a speedy resolution. </p>
<p>Did a 30 minute run and enough walking to total 6 miles. HR went up high (150s) early in the soft sand and headwind, and never really came down during the run, even after the sand firmed up. Grouper for dinner tonight. Too many sides and glasses of wine this trip. Back to reality tomorrow.</p>