BMP, what's yours?

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Originally posted by alicem
Hi, I hate starting any thread but this came up and I originally posted it on another site and then wondered about asking in general.....I hope someone more into the science of cycling could inform me some more please?

My Dr measured my bmp and blood pressure on Monday.....It wasn't at resting level as was late to my appointment so was rushing there and also in an unusual 24 celcius British sun yet my bpm was 58 as soon as I walked in the door.....good for fitness or bad in case I could get fat?

Help, what does this mean?!!!

Alice x

😕

thyroid homogeneous and hypochoic nodule

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by alicem
Hi, I hate starting any thread but this came up and I originally posted it on another site and then wondered about asking in general.....I hope someone more into the science of cycling could inform me some more please?

My Dr measured my bmp and blood pressure on Monday.....It wasn't at resting level as was late to my appointment so was rushing there and also in an unusual 24 celcius British sun yet my bpm was 58 as soon as I walked in the door.....good for fitness or bad in case I could get fat?

Help, what does this mean?!!!

Alice x

😕

Me thinks you may be a little dyslexic. Sounds like your doctor may have recorded your resting heart rate giving a result of 58 Beats per minute (BPM), and your blood pressure.

By recording your resting heart rate (RHR), he will have an indication of your general fitness level, probably based on a scale that is relative to one's age. However, for this to be accurate, you would need to measure your RHR more frequently, as then you will be able to assess whether your are getting fitter (RHR drops) or if your are getting ill or are over training (RHR increases by 10% or more suddenly.)

If you are intending to use a HR monitor for training, it's important to get your Max HR tested, as the variance between the accepted norms based on age, and actual can differ quite substantially. Take me for example, I am 31 and the guide says your max HR should be (for a male) 220 - age, which would make my max 191BPM. I have been tested and my actual max is 205BPM. This information is useful for HR based training, as you can then use the Karvonen formula to establish your various training zones.

I hope I haven't given you too much technical jargon. Let me know if you need any further clarification.

Unless of course you are not dyslexic and he did measure your BMP, then I'm not familiar with that term.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ratty
[B]Me thinks you may be a little dyslexic. Sounds like your doctor may have recorded your resting heart rate giving a result of 58 Beats per minute (BPM), and your blood pressure.............'
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Humm, sorry, I am laughing regarding the part where you said that I may be 'dilsleksik'....j/k...

Gosh, that would come as a suprise to everyone if I was dyslexic! I speak 3 languages fluently, got a 1.1 in my exams at Uni (Spanish and Latin American Studies-London University) and used to/still often teach English too.

Poor devils if I was accidentally changing letters around.....yet, on reflection no student of mine ever failed their exams, quite the contrary in fact.

Why did you say that? Did I add lots of typos perchance? (it wouldn't suprise me if I did)

I can't even concentrate on your post or the other one as am half laughing and half gobsmacked at having that said to me.

But by the way...yes, your post was high faluted and may as well have been written in Danish! To post asking for help and then get all that posted back leaves me none the wiser at all. Maybe it was an ego trip and you felt good being able to reel off language that you know I wouldn't know of at all hence having to ask such a basic question in the first place?!

Thanks for giving me an extra 'wtf' line on my forehead! Alice! 😉

Oh, and btw, yes, my bpm and b.pressure have to be checked every 3 months so it wasn't a 'one off' except for me noticing it this time as saw the 'read out' on the digital machine-and it wasn't a 'resting' rate which I quite categorically expressed in my post hence extra confusion.

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Originally posted by allanjoseph
thyroid homogeneous and hypochoic nodule

Pardon?!

Well said Ratty, I use a heart rate monitor to keep my work out in check and to make sure I'm not slacking. I have had to bring my blood pressue down and change what I eat and reduce the amount I eat. Doctor's orders.

Three languages... WOW! I speak two and I thought I was doing great. Oh well.

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by alicem

Why did you say that? Did I add lots of typos perchance? (it wouldn't suprise me if I did)

Coz u mentioned BMP instead of BPM. (Said tongue in cheek)

I can't even concentrate on your post or the other one as am half laughing and half gobsmacked at having that said to me.

Ok, chicken, focus!!

But by the way...yes, your post was high faluted and may as well have been written in Danish! To post asking for help and then get all that posted back leaves me none the wiser at all. Maybe it was an ego trip and you felt good being able to reel off language that you know I wouldn't know of at all hence having to ask such a basic question in the first place?!

No, not ego trip, trying to answer your question as I had the same problem when I started getting serious about riding.

Thanks for giving me an extra 'wtf' line on my forehead! Alice! 😉

Pleasure, I aim to please.

Oh, and btw, yes, my bpm and b.pressure have to be checked every 3 months so it wasn't a 'one off' except for me noticing it this time as saw the 'read out' on the digital machine-and it wasn't a 'resting' rate which I quite categorically expressed in my post hence extra confusion.

Good, that gives us something to work on and the doctor would try and register as close to a resting HR as possible, which in your case would have been out a bit.

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To avoid confusion, I shall post another high faluted explanation below.

Ok, HR training explained by a dummy, lesson #2.

Think of your Heart Rate Monitor as a rev counter. Except, that your rev counter does not start at Zero, but rather at your resting HR. (Which is around 58 as tested above.)

Now, the fitter you get, the lower your resting HR becomes. Why? Because your heart gets stronger and pumps more blood per stroke.

If you get ill, or become overtrained, you will see an increase in RHR, and can then act accordingly (i.e. rest or take drugs). (For this to be an accurate diagnostic l, you will need to check you RHR twice a week, when you wake up) What the doctor would be looking for is general well being and using your HR as a guide for overall health. (58BPM by the way is not bad at all, considering your were running about a bit.)

Let me know if this makes slightly more sense. If it does, I'll continue with using your HRM to train.

Alice:

I may be clueless here, but the subject header is "BMP" and then you talk about "BPM". That could be the reason for the dyslexic comment by Ratty, or maybe there is something called BMP like Basal Metabolic Parameter or some other medical acronym that everyone but me knows about, but you don't seem to mention it.

Más confundido ya.

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Originally posted by DiabloScott
Alice:

I may be clueless here, but the subject header is "BMP" and then you talk about "BPM". That could be the reason for the dyslexic comment by Ratty, or maybe there is something called BMP like Basal Metabolic Parameter or some other medical acronym that everyone but me knows about, but you don't seem to mention it.

Más confundido ya.

OOOOOPPPS, major c^^k up!!!!!!!!!!

Argh....no wonder the dislexic comment re bpm and me writing BMP....a bit like I have to watch myself when referring to a massive motorbike organisation here called the BMF instead of calling it the BNF (Facist political group) like I did one time to many perplexed looks and then great hilarity.

Sorry Ratty, cracking up laughing at myself here! (Well, I least I can see the humour in my mistake!)

The second answer did make sense though, so many thanks!!!

As for 'Basal Metabolic Parameter' OMG.....don't even get me started on trying to get my head around that one!!! :eek:

😄 Alice

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Originally posted by concord
Well said Ratty, I use a heart rate monitor to keep my work out in check and to make sure I'm not slacking. I have had to bring my blood pressue down and change what I eat and reduce the amount I eat. Doctor's orders.

Three languages... WOW! I speak two and I thought I was doing great. Oh well.

Am onto Kurdish now (phonetically only) and OMG, it is so hard and I'm only on the basics like 'how are you' etc.....Total head fk!

Tu devrais fair attention a ton anglais a la place de faire l'interesent aver les autres langues y si tu queries puedo decir lo mismo en espagnol Que tonta!

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Originally posted by socalred
Tu devrais fair attention a ton anglais a la place de faire l'interesent aver les autres langues y si tu queries puedo decir lo mismo en espagnol Que tonta!

~laughing~ Who's the dislexic one now? 😄

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Originally posted by socalred
Tu devrais fair attention a ton anglais a la place de faire l'interesent aver les autres langues y si tu queries puedo decir lo mismo en espagnol Que tonta!

§·o§â§à§ê§à §¹§Ö§Ý§à§Ó§Ö§Ü! Except for that espagnol part. Jag har ikke Danske, y no entiendo nada de frances.

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Oh [censored], that first part looked right in the window but didn't make it to the forum - it said "well done dude" in Russian (really!)