bp meds and hrms

mrmarius

so apparently the new bp medicine that i started using yesterday really slows my heart rate down, interval walking and jogging yesterday only got up to maybe 120 and my hrm showed me burning about 250 cals in 45 mins. i ran/walked 3 miles so i know it should have been higher, then today i did a kettlebell workout that usually burns close to 300 cals in 30 mins and it only showed 91 cals burned even though i was dripping sweat as always. how should i accommodate to this new medicine, do i log in the calories that i'm used to seeing or should i be super conservative and go with the low amount

EDBENAGLIO

WELL YOUR MAX HR IS 220 - AGE THAT SAID FIG. IT OUT AND TELL YOUR HRM YOU ARE ALOT OLDER TILL YOU GET THE NUMBERS YOU USED TO. HOWEVER YOU MIGHT BE ONLY BURNING THAT NUMBER OF CAL SO MIGHT NOT MATTER BUT I BELIVE YOU ARE BURNING MORE SO I WOULD TRY TO TRICK THE HRM

Jonesie1984

Beta blockers are notorious for this. Don't know the med (you didn't list it) but meds like atenolol, metroprolol will do this.. does it have an "olol" at the end? Probably a beta blocker. They CNS depressants and are formulated to keep your heart rate down.. Maybe talk to the doc and see if you can get on a different class of med. Especially if you're not on it for irregular heart rate. You may have some options! (Hope that helped) :bigsmile:

Otherwise the reading on the HRM is correct because they meds decrease the workload of the heart hence, lower heart rate on exertion...

mrmarius

Beta blockers are notorious for this. Don't know the med (you didn't list it) but meds like atenolol, metroprolol will do this.. does it have an "olol" at the end? Probably a beta blocker. They CNS depressants and are formulated to keep your heart rate down.. Maybe talk to the doc and see if you can get on a different class of med. Especially if you're not on it for irregular heart rate. You may have some options! (Hope that helped) :bigsmile:

Otherwise the reading on the HRM is correct because they meds decrease the workload of the heart hence, lower heart rate on exertion...

its bystolic and yea it is a beta blocker.. my only problem with this is i was working as hard as always i'm stll damp from the sweat of the workout now lol

Jonesie1984

maybe they could switch it? if that's a possibility..

TrainingWithTonya

Don't go by your heart rate monitor. Use the estimate from MFP or other METs compendium to determine calories burned. This is a drawback to HRMs. They can only estimate calories burned based on heart rate and not on the actual movement being done. Basic physics tells you that it takes X amount of energy to move an object a certain distance, so even though the heart isn't working as hard, the muscles still are. You might get a little bit of a lower calorie burn because the heart muscle isn't working as hard, but its not that much lower.

rileysowner

I am on Metoprolol which does the same thing, and I would say go with the HRM. It will be close enough for what you want. From my ongoing research on HRMs I am finding many people who know a lot more than me critique them as over estimating the number of calories burned anyway. Even then, burning a little more than you log is not a bad thing either, it is better than logging more than you actually burned.

cutelashawn

I'm glad you post this. My doctor just switch my BP meds and I have seen a drop in my heart rate while working out. I usually like to have my heart rate between 168-175 while im working out at an high intensity but today my HR only went to 157 no matter how hard I had worked. My heart rate monitor measured my heart rate at 157. I thought I was doing something wrong and not working out hard enough. But I know I was working out at the same exertion as always. SO no that I have seen your post and the responses you had got now I know it's my BP not me. The other day I didn't take my BP meds until after I came fromt he gym and my level of exertion was much higher and my HR was the same as usaual per my HRM. So I think I will be taking my BP meds after I come from the gym. I don't know if this is an option for you, but I work nights and I usually take my BP meds before i go into work at 6:30pm anyway. I usually workout before I head into work. So for now on I will be taking my BP meds once I return from the gym. This may help you out too. Just a thought.