Anyone have any idea how beta blockers affect this?
Last summer after I took up cycling, I would drop from 160 to 110 in a minute with no issues. Later on in Fall I could rarely even get the HR up past 140 anymore, dropping to 100 in a minute.
I slacked off over winter, and gained 40 pounds, and my blood pressure skyrocketed. I would get up to 180 doing what I did at 140 last year, recovering to 130 in a minute. Doc put me on Beta Blockers, and now I can hardly get my HR above 120. If I really give everything I've got and I rested the day before I can push 140, but 90% of the time 120 is my limit. In either case, I recover down to around 110 in a minute, though the last week or so I've been dropping to 100.
So should I be worried that my recovery rate has gone from 50's to 10's, or is that expected of the beta blockers?