Blood pressure and pulse

I've just been to register with a new Doctor and they took my blood pressure

It was 131 over 75.

My resting pulse is 54 beats per minute.

Does anyone know what these figures, when taken together, actually mean?

Googling has just left me confused.

You have 10 minutes to live...

you appear to be like the tin man .... sans heart

It's all good, depending on your age and weight.

Not an expert but systolic (131) is on the upper normal range, diastolic (75) is on the lower normal range, resting heart rate is normal for someone who is (presumably) relatively fit/healthy. Really depends on your history/what's 'normal' for you though.

That means you are fine.
Systolic (131) BP is the peak pressure in your arteries when ventricles are contracted
Diastolic (75) is the amount of pressure during relaxed phase of your cardiac cycle.

This can be affected by stress, caffeine, alcohol, smoking etc etc etc.

You're are all good squire.

I think iit means that you have a heartbeat, and its pushing blood around the 'roads' (or veins/ arteries for the scientists out there) of your body.

You should be dead by now

It's all good, depending on your age and weight.

34 years old, 83.6kg, 188cm tall.

Now you are going to say that Mark is right and I have mere moments to live.

...fat bastard.

;)

Resting heartrate is pretty good though, basically the lower it is, the more effecient your heart is. Average (i.e. non-cycling couch dweller) is around 70 or so.

It means, with the right drugs, you'd still climb Zoncolan slower than the Giro peloton. :P

I'd be happy to be able to go straight up Zoncolan without tacking- more than enough for an old man like me.

Just took my pulse.
Not good. Fucking 81bpm!
I am at work though

That's not your resting HR.

Resting heart rate should be taken while resting...

FUCKING AUSSIES!

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Too fast for ya, eh Mikos :P

They took my pulse whilst lying in bed (hospital) last year and it was 48- I thought that did not count as I was half asleep?

61 irregular bpm sitting down.
Am I a gonner?

I tried to take my resting heart rate once.
I fell asleep.
Woke and tried again.
Half way through I got all nervous and my heart rate went apeshit.

Then I had kids.
I've not rested since.

My HR goes up when I touch myself.. is this normal?

My HR goes up when I touch myself.. is this normal?

Good point. In fairness I'd just knocked one out.

I don't know, if you ever touched me I think mine would stop, forever.

I'm a student, I never have anything other than a resting heartrate.