41 year old weight lifting

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  • canadianlbs
    canadianlbs Posts: 5,199 Member
    jarablue wrote: »
    I figure if i am going to be pushing myself, my heart would benefit from having 15 pounds less mass to have to push blood through while weight lifting. I just want the pressure off my heart and give it less struggle when I start.

    for what it's worth to you, my pulse seems to have dropped 15-20 beats per minute somewhere after i started lifting. and that's from someone who's been a 5-day-a-week bike commuter for years and always had a seated pulse in the 80's or 90's. i don't think it's my weight; that's varied by about the same amount over the time i've been lifting.

    never been on my doctor's radar for hypertension though. so idk about that.
  • serapel
    serapel Posts: 502 Member
    KDar1988 wrote: »
    I'd be doing it now! I've lost 113lbs and have exercised and lifted weights all along. 5 months ago I started SL 5x5 and I love it. Weight is coming off super slow for me (50lbs left), but it would really help you look better now if you get in there! Congrats!!

    Edited to add...I'm 49.

    wow! good for you!

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