dizzyape Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 I took a chisel and sculpt weight lifting class today. I felt fine after the class but now 7 hours later my heart is very tachy. Have a high resting heart rate between 104-114. I also just feel kind of crappy. I'm not sure if it's from the class or something else. I thought because it wasn't aerobic that it wouldn't mess with my heart but it was a little intense with lots of squats, lunges etc with weights. I have not officially been diagnosed. I have an appt. at the autonomic clinic at Vanderbilt in October. I have been on Metoprolol before but currently not taking any meds. Anyone experience this and what do you do to get your resting heartrate back to normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corina Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Hi, what works best for me is lying down for some time (say half an hour), get back up and see if it stays normal, if not I lie down again. I repeat that until my resting hr is back to normal. Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan1212 Posted September 25, 2017 Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 Do you have a HR monitor? I use a Polar chest strap when I workout. What I've discovered is that my HR is much higher when I do weights. It will be 160s-170s while I squat, do overhead arm presses, etc. But when I do cardio, it's usually in the 140s. So that might be why this wiped you out more than you were expecting. I have found that over time I've learned to pick up on the cues when I'm overdoing it. I get taken by surprise a lot less now. But it was a lot of trial and error to get here. To get my HR down I hydrate, hydrate, hydrate (with electrolytes) and rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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