Learnt a blood pressure fact

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So it is fair to say that the fitness thing hasn't been going too well in recent months, as with the blogging too I guess. There are always a million excuses but lets just say that I am mightily disappointed that there are still only 24 hours in the day. Anyway, as I am finally getting a level of balance back into my life, I went to the Dr this week to just get a basic check up and found out from her something pretty interesting.

Last time I had a fitness test at the gym, I had got a little worried about my blood pressure. It seemed quite high. This time at the Dr's it was amazingly low, I'm talking 90 over 42. When I said that I had been worried about because of the gym test, she asked me how big the cuff used to take the measurement was. Apparently to get an accurate reading the measuring cuff needs to be at least 66% the length of your upper arm. Other you will get high blood pressure readings. At 6'4" (193cm) my upper arm is 33cm long and as you guessed it, the gym measuring cuff didn't even cover half my arm, hence the high reading.

Evidently I have always had a low blood pressure, based on my history with my Dr so, nothing to worry about there I guess.

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