Friday, January 30, 2009

Scary Moment

Last night I went to workout at the gym alone. My hubby is feeling sick and my friend/boss decided against trying the water cardio class since she had a rough emotional day. So I tried the class by myself. It was fun-ish, longer than I expected...an hour. And I didn't feel like I had gotten enough of a workout. So I soaked in the hot tub since I had a sore neck from the chiropractor's and then I took a hot shower. Well after all that I was kinda boiling hot red faced sweating. I cooled off some when I went to brush my hair. Then I worked out on some of the weight machines: abs, quads, hamstrings, back, triceps, biceps. Only 20 reps each one. I thought I was fine, but when I went to get the stuff out of my locker I felt like my heart was beating into my throat. I called to say I was coming home and drove home the whole time feeling that weird feeling. I took my BP when I got there and it was 112/84 pulse 114. Then I took my own pulse 116. Then I asked my husband to check it since he was an EMT for 12 years. He said it was 158! I said nah uh! Then he redid his math and it was 120. I got a good chewing out for working myself too hard. He was really scared. Told me my heart beat wasn't at a normal rythm and was way too fast. Although my heart rate is usually 90's to 100 this did scare me some. So I made an appointment to see my doctor on Monday to discuss this. Until then I think my husband has put a lock stop on my exercises. I'm not sure that I disagree with him that much. Maybe Sunday I can try some weights. BP as of 2 minutes ago: 119/78 pulse 95.

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