how can someone have high blood pressure when they exercise 5-6 days a week?

Question

my sistolic or whatever its called is always at stage 1 hyposomething

workouts consists of 5-6 days of weight training
and 3 days of biking
only drink beers on holiday weeks
50% health food 50% junk food
don't consume any HFCS

oh and mother and sister have high blood pressure as well

Answer 1

It's called chronic hypertension. I have it too. I have had high readings since I was 9 years old and even if I'm in the best shape of my life I still have issues with high bp. Mine comes from hereditary. My dad has it. Besides HFCS you should really avoid all processed foods, they have too much added salt. Fast food is bad too.

I'm on a beta blocker called Atenolol, it keeps my bp perfectly. I'm not an expert but I'd advise you to treat it now so you don't get a stroke or heart attack later on. HBP can damage your heart, enlarge your heart and kidneys, etc. So treat it with meds if all else fails. There are so many meds out there and it's not a big deal to take them. You will feel better too. They call HBP the silent killer but when mine is high I feel stressed, get headaches and fatigue.

Answer 2

Yes anxiety can affect the blood pressure and make the reading higher. Fear, anxiety, panic can all make the pressure higher. I have a low blood pressure yet when I am on the exam table at the doctors office my pressure is high its called white coat syndrome. I'm a nurse and work with doctors all the time. I don't have any fear of my doctor in fact he is a friend yet my pressure goes up. The doctor now takes my pressure at the end of the visit to get a normal reading. It can raise the numbers quite a bit I usually am 120/76 at the doctors I am 180/100. You could get a personal cuff and test your own BP daily when you are calm and get a real good idea what your normal pressure is.

Answer 3

3 years ago, I was diagnosed - hypertension with a reading of 160/100. I used to feel dizzy a lot, my legs had awful cramps, and levels were very low in my potassium, causing my fingers and toes to always cramp together. One day I started to feel really faint while I was driving with my daughter in the back seat and I passed out, hitting 3 cars and ending up in a ditch. That moment,I knew I had to do something because my meds weren't working. I heard about this diet from a friend and thought I'd give it a shot. The results have been remarkable. In just 21 days, I honestly can't remember feeling this good, my blood pressure went from 175/110 to 125/70.

Answer 4

Let me start by saying I am not a doctor. But I have read about this because of my parents, and the fact that I suffer from the opposite. What causes blood pressure is not helped by Weight training. It is infact caused by it. Cardiovascular training (running, jogging, biking...etc) uses all muscles in the body, most importantly the heart, so as the blood pressure goes high, so does the efficiency and strength of the heart. Weight training involves the muscles being worked in isolation. But it never strengthens the heart. So the result is higher blood pressure.In order to maximize your workout you need to do biking 5-6 days a week and weight training 3. And watch the amount of salt you eat in your food. Read the "Influential factors" of this page.

Answer 5

Well done on your fitness regime - it's certainly a healthy lifestyle.

Blood pressure can be high for lots of reasons and to be honest, the actual cause cannot be found in about half of those who have it.

It doesn't sound as if yours is too high - but you certainly need to keep it under regular review

Watch your diet for salt and reduce the fat content in what you eat. (Your 50% junk food probably adds a lot of both of those)

Hope this helps
Gordon

You can read lots more about blood pressure on my website at http://www.bloodpressurehigh.com

Answer 6

There's a few other factors besides diet and exercise that affect your blood pressure. Some people just run hot. But I'd suggest getting a few tests to rule out some of the common causes. Then you'll have a better idea of what to work on to get it back down.

Answer 7

it does not matter you can be a health nut and have high blood preasure could run in your family the main thing is they caught it know you can take care of it just keep doing what your doing i would try to cut down on the junk food though it's all in the family you realy need to watch what you eat know because high blood preasure affects your heart so keep exersising and do 20 percent of the junk food.you also sound young so you have your age on your side also i don't know for sure did not mention your age in your question.i should never asume.

Answer 8

There could be any number of things causing this. You could just have a predisposition to high blood pressure.
Usually it is hereditary.
I would seek the advise of a physician and get a physical or other help. Watch your salt intake as well. Salt can spike it way up there.

Answer 9

there are other factors, might run in your family, you might not drink alot of water, you are exercising wrong and biking wrong,

hard to say since you dont know your numbers,, the lower number isnt as big a deal as the top number, a good doctor would check both arms and see if you are mad that day, or nervous etc..

start checking your BP at home, i find I hate my job and my wife before I divorced her and that shot up my BP huge, now it is only the job, at home I am fine, here I just wanna strangle someone,

Answer 10

High blood pressure is much genetic as acquired. If you're predisposed genetically the most you can hope to do is live healthily to minimise it; that and taking medication.