Mine is normally in the 120s/60-70 range. It has come down about 10% on the top end since started cycling two years ago. Yes I do monitor mine regularly. Why, well to be honest, because my wife passed away from congestive heart failure in 2010.

Our company does a free blood screening once a year that creates about a 20 page report. This year I got an overall A+, last year an A- (due to being considered obese). All my blood results are historically pretty good but I've seen some gradual improvement in some of those numbers the last two years. I was considered obese for being 185 pounds at 6'1" (go figure) so this year I made a point to get to 180 pounds before the test, therefore getting the A+.

I'm very lucky that I do not have to take any medication at this point in my life. Maybe more info than most wanted to know but good exercise like cycling does help if done consistently.

Richard

My once a day blood pressure pill is one of 2 pills , of 7 pills, that does what it's supposed to with no fuss.

The other 5 pills are a huge pain in the ass causing all sorts of side effects.

120 over 80 and pretty proud of that

Cripes. Obese?!?

The BMI does not allow that some folks have more muscles (heavier than fat) and they weigh more, although they may have no or little fat - they still get dinged on the BMI. The analysis/results for some BMI measurements are adjusted for musculature.

I would agree. Just knew I had to get to 183 or lower to get that BMI number below what they considered the obese level Just wanted that A+ score assuming all my blood numbers came in good again. It worked this time although getting weighed in early January after pigging out for the holidays tends to have me a little heavy. Sitting at around 180-182 right now.

Just happy and blessed to be healthy so far and cycling sure helps....if my bad knee can just hold up, but eventually I'll need a new one.

130/70, 67 years old, 6', 200#, my cholesterol is finally in the normal range (with fish oil and red yeast rice - much better than with meds) and my Doc is happy with that....... If I would just lose 10-20-30#, I would be happier, and BP would be lower..........

I gotta stop eatin

Nah. 6' 1" at 185lbs gives a BMI of a fraction under 25. That could be described as borderline overweight, but certainly not obese, which is usually defined as a BMI of 30 and over.

110 over 65. Been even lower an hour after a long ride. Last check I was 90kg at 190cm. Apparently according to a machine I have 12 percent body fat, and nees to lose 3kg intetnal fat to be normal. But I STILL register as obese on the bmi scale..Git down to 85kg last summer. All bones, leg muscles and not much else. 90 works better for me bmi or no bmi.

Er, that isn't true. If you are 90kg at 190 cm your BMI is a shade under 25, so you aren't even overweight, let alone obese.

If possible Chasm would you post how to compute the BMI? I want to know mine, I'm sure I'm in the overweight class still. During a flight physical a Flight Physiologist got me a waiver for my weight, he said I was heavily built and my nomogram (sp) he did was in the good range for my build and musculature, I'm no body builder type though.

My BP is usually 110/65 +/- 5 points on each depending on the day and how my feeble mind has processed things. My resting HR runs between 48-58, give or take. I'm working hard, I swear, weight loss is high on my physicians list for the renal failure management, Was 278 when I returned to riding, I'm at 225 (102 kg) this morning, I'm 6'-1" (185.4 cm) in height. I don't want to go back to last summer, ever. Thanks in advance.

Bill

The last several BP measurements have been in the range of 105-115/65-70. Time of day seems to have some small effect, as well as how long between getting off the bike at the VA and getting measured.

I'm just glad that BMI doesn't enter into it -- by those BS charts, I'm VERY obese at 6'1", 237. Resting pulse has gone up some over the last 3 years, mainly because I'm not pushing as hard as before (eased up some after cracking the left ankle arresting an ice skid....), but the cholesterol is consistent, near 180 or less.

61 responders so far, and, to me at least. it looks like the 50+ forum is in pretty darn good shape BP wise.

I would guess that if you took 61 folks 50+ at random off the street, the measurements would be far different - just my humple opinion, as I have no plans to go and grab 61 folks!!

What are your observations?

Here is an interesting chart:

Ah, it was not an offensive shot, i.e., I was not trying for a swoosh, but it was a blocking move. So, the absolute numbers don't mean much ... we are each different with medications, life circumstances, genetics, etc... that will affect what the number is at any given time. Last week I was 140/90. Tonight I am 120/65. What does that mean? My doc and I know what it means, but what number I chose to post here is either chest thumping (etc...) or an apology/explanation. So, the absolute numbers "don't mean nuthin'" but a more interesting question to me for my 50+ colleagues is, "has cycling had any short or long term affect on your blood pressure?" For me the answer is equivocal. Last year at this time, I weighed 20 pounds more, cycled about the same amount (3k so far this year), and my systolic pressure was 20 points lower than it is now. I am cycling farther and faster this year, but my BP is higher. There appears to be an inverse relationship between my cycling activity and my BP. What changed? Well, some meds changed, which mean that I can compete with my 50's cycling mates on hills whereas I could not before, but my BP is higher. Is that a good thing? I am not sure, but to me the chest thumping numbers are a false sense of security. No swoosh, no rim shot, just an observation.........

6'-1", 184, yields a BMI of 24.4. Under 25 is Normal.

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Doohickie has posted an on-line calculator. The formula is to divide your weight in kilos by the square of your height in metres. So in my case, 1.91 squared is about 3.65. 89 kilos divided by 3.65 gives a BMI of 24.38

Above 25 = overweight, above 30 = obese. BMI was devised as a population measure, to correlate the prevalance of various diseases with increasing obesity, so It is true that anomalies can arise when it is applied ti individuals. Very muscular individuals may have a BMI above 25 with low body fat. However, those individuals are rather less common than some of us like to believe...

Thanks for the response,Chasm, and for the calculator, Doohickie, another member sent my number, also. The time spent by all of you is appreciated. I had to fight the "standards" in the military, I was at 209 and taking a flight physical, the flight physiologist pulled me out after seeing that and did a nomogram (sp?) on me and gave me a waiver. He said I had "very thick and heavy musculature that was really dense" his words, they stuck in my mind, (I've been told I was dense my entire life, this just proved to be correct.) Since I'm down by 50lbs now from last July and still dropping I'm not offended, its all part of recovering from a long, strange trip. Surviving 16 major surgeries, renal failure and other assorted complications I'm grateful to be typing this reply.

Bill

Occasionally mesure it at the local pharmacy, but it's always higher than when I go for my 6-monthly cardiologist visits.
I worry more when my HR exceeds 200 in a-fib, which happens sometimes during sustained hard riding at 140bpm. Doc says if I feel no pain or dizziness, ease off a bit and don't worry about it.

I will be 75 this year, and my BP runs right at 122 over 67. This seems to amaze my doctor. He admits that the fact that I usually ride 2500 miles a year probably has something to do with it. Needless to say I will be on my bent or trike just as long as I can. There is no doubt about it if you set you will rust.

I have inherited a tendency toward hypertension -- my maternal grandmother once hit 260/200 (not a typo), and my mother's BP rise during pregnancy caused me to be an emergency C-section. I have been on a tightly sodium-restricted diet since my early 20s, but this was not enough to keep me below 140/90. What I did discover in my early 30s was a powerful correlation between BP and percentage body fat -- when I went on the Pritikin (restricted fat) diet in the early 1980s, my BP dropped by about 10mm per week, all the way down to 100/60 at my best and proudest moment.

Since I suffer from white coat syndrome and since my BP varies widely, I have done a fair amount of self-monitoring over the years. I currently average about 110+/75, with which I am pretty happy.

To the plurality of folks in this poll who reported 120/80, my hypertensive grandmother, who was also an RN, would have said, "Textbook normal!"

Mid 50's, 6' 2", 171 lbs this morning. Resting pulse is between 48 and 52, BP is 117/65. My wife says I'm going to live forever. I seldom check my BP, but I like to do it at the pharmacy to leave the numbers up on the machine for the next person (sometimes I'm a bad person).

According to this website: https://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/av.htm , my BMI is 22 and 90% of American men my age, height and weight are heavier than I am.

Chest thumping, I guess. My BP is always a shade low of the 120/80 when measured. I can make it drop through simply calming and concentrating, too. BMI is 22.9.

I was wearing an HR monitoring watch to work yesterday, and glanced at it while seated at my computer typing and thinking. It read 57 bpm.

I'm hoping that healthy eating, somewhat good genetics, and being active are contributing to this. Cycling...I expect isn't hurting, unless I'm hit by a bus tomorrow. Phil

lol!

I think I remember what happened. I consider myself 6'1" since I was always that height since high school. The nurse might have "shortchanged" me a bit and said I was 6'0" even so that pushed me over at 185.

Anyway this year they measured me at 6'1" again but if I stay at 180 or less I think I'm OK but guess I'm being a bit anal.....being an engineer might cause a bit of that behavior.

At work, For our yearly medical test I mentioned we do get $50 credit to use if we get an A or B on the report. There are many other things we can do during the year related to physical and mental health that allows us to turn in up to $300 credit at year's end. I usually get an Amazon credit and buy myself some nice bike stuff for Christmas

160/79...you might ask your doc if an angiogram is in order to learn if you have arterial plague. that's what breaks off, gets surrounded by platelets and plugs up the heart for a killer heart attack. high blood pressure is a pretty common symptom. blood pressure meds won't remove the plaque and may just hide the problem.