JohnfrWhipple
BATHROOM DESIGN & BUILD
I'm sitting across my wife as we speak and she is getting her blood pressure checked by the nurse. I was just told that the best time of the day for a physical is in the morning. I'm glad we booked it for 9:00 AM in hindsight.
The nurse told me my blood pressure was 111 over 75 and 108 over 71. She asked me if I was active when I was a kid and told her yes and she told me that I had the blood pressure of a 17 year old.
I'm a big baby with needles and glad this went so smoothly. Then I got on the scale 233lbs. Ouch. I should be 195 pounds for my height. That is a ton of weight to loose.
The nurse told me a drop in weight of 20 pounds would be good and to do it slowly. I had no idea they measured your gut! That is no fun. I wonder what this extra poundage is going to cost me in monthly premiums?
The interesting thing I wanted to share with the group is the thing the nurse told me about my job. She told me even though I do not get my heart rate up at work the motion of bending over, kneeling and then standing up is in fact good for your heart and blood pressure. I have never heard this before. I was happy to have a good blood pressure but not so happy with the weight goal she recommends.
Has anyone else heard this? As we age what things can we do to keep our blood pressure good? I coach soccer 2-4 times a week and this is my only cardio. Reasiltically I might get only 2-3 hours a week and no where near an ideal heart rate.
If working the tools is good for the veins then I'm glad I have a job that keeps me there!
The nurse told me my blood pressure was 111 over 75 and 108 over 71. She asked me if I was active when I was a kid and told her yes and she told me that I had the blood pressure of a 17 year old.
I'm a big baby with needles and glad this went so smoothly. Then I got on the scale 233lbs. Ouch. I should be 195 pounds for my height. That is a ton of weight to loose.
The nurse told me a drop in weight of 20 pounds would be good and to do it slowly. I had no idea they measured your gut! That is no fun. I wonder what this extra poundage is going to cost me in monthly premiums?
The interesting thing I wanted to share with the group is the thing the nurse told me about my job. She told me even though I do not get my heart rate up at work the motion of bending over, kneeling and then standing up is in fact good for your heart and blood pressure. I have never heard this before. I was happy to have a good blood pressure but not so happy with the weight goal she recommends.
Has anyone else heard this? As we age what things can we do to keep our blood pressure good? I coach soccer 2-4 times a week and this is my only cardio. Reasiltically I might get only 2-3 hours a week and no where near an ideal heart rate.
If working the tools is good for the veins then I'm glad I have a job that keeps me there!
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