Originally Posted by
Badgerfog
Are you still on your beta blocker?
I had a mild hart attack April 14th and am riding again. The doc has given me the go ahead to push it.
I still cannot get my hart rate up very high and it varies all over the place. I am told that I will no longer need the beta blocker after a year and that then my hart rate will stabilize.
Good luck,
Wayne
Yes, due to my low ejection fraction (41%) the cardiologist is reluctant to stop it completely. Regarding overtraining - another poster mentioned that - I have been increasing my efforts steadily but moderately. However, I have been under an extraordinary amount of job-related stress and that can sometimes make riding, which is normally a stress reliever and additional stress. So yes, that is my concern. I've been sleeping a little more and am taking a few rest days to see how that works. I've been doing a lot of hill riding.