Hello Slowtwitchers,
I have just been diagnosed with HBP. I am a 44 y.o. triathlete with a 20 year multisport background. I trained hard then, and I do now (>15h/week).
I've been reading a lot about HBP in athletes, including: https://www.slowtwitch.com/Training/General_Physiology/Blood_pressure_guidelines_5503.html and
https://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/Slowtwitch_Forums_C1/Triathlon_Forum_F1/High_Blood_Pressure_Medication_P5781467/?search_string=valsartan#p5781467
Since I can recall, I've seen a few times values of 140/80 when in my late 20's and maybe early 30's, although never been advise by different doctors about any issues or future issues about it. Just to mention that I'm checked annually because of my job (last 15 years), and throughout my sport career (top national and in the verge of protriathlete, but never made the jump) I went through many many performance & medical test under the national triathlon team discipline.
But a month ago I went for a routine cardio examination, the first one since my forties. ECG and ecocardiogram were perfect. But during the cardiac stress test (treadmill) I showed some "hypertensive response to exercise". Long story short, valsartan 80 mg/day for ever, first just pill today.
I went to have another medical opinion and meanwhile checked my BP daily, mostly in the 120/70 (not lower). Because I don't smoke nor drink, no overweight, very little salt on diet, exercise daily, and work on shifts, the diagnosis was the same although this doctor said not to worry about the "hypertensive response to exercise" because it is not reliable to check BP with sphygmomanometer while exercising.
I see that BP is a hot issue right now (check the poll), so I am wondering what is your experience with BP, your medication (if any), and the interaction with your training & competition performance, as I keep on training and competing hard as an AG (top national) and would not like to see my performance being negatively altered.
Thank you all.
Dr. Triax.
STRAVA INSTAGRAM
I have just been diagnosed with HBP. I am a 44 y.o. triathlete with a 20 year multisport background. I trained hard then, and I do now (>15h/week).
I've been reading a lot about HBP in athletes, including: https://www.slowtwitch.com/Training/General_Physiology/Blood_pressure_guidelines_5503.html and
https://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/Slowtwitch_Forums_C1/Triathlon_Forum_F1/High_Blood_Pressure_Medication_P5781467/?search_string=valsartan#p5781467
Since I can recall, I've seen a few times values of 140/80 when in my late 20's and maybe early 30's, although never been advise by different doctors about any issues or future issues about it. Just to mention that I'm checked annually because of my job (last 15 years), and throughout my sport career (top national and in the verge of protriathlete, but never made the jump) I went through many many performance & medical test under the national triathlon team discipline.
But a month ago I went for a routine cardio examination, the first one since my forties. ECG and ecocardiogram were perfect. But during the cardiac stress test (treadmill) I showed some "hypertensive response to exercise". Long story short, valsartan 80 mg/day for ever, first just pill today.
I went to have another medical opinion and meanwhile checked my BP daily, mostly in the 120/70 (not lower). Because I don't smoke nor drink, no overweight, very little salt on diet, exercise daily, and work on shifts, the diagnosis was the same although this doctor said not to worry about the "hypertensive response to exercise" because it is not reliable to check BP with sphygmomanometer while exercising.
I see that BP is a hot issue right now (check the poll), so I am wondering what is your experience with BP, your medication (if any), and the interaction with your training & competition performance, as I keep on training and competing hard as an AG (top national) and would not like to see my performance being negatively altered.
Thank you all.
Dr. Triax.
STRAVA INSTAGRAM