'household' BP monitors

[mrcharly-YHT]

Because of MrsC's recent (near explosive) BP measuring, we've bought a BP monitor, an Omnicron M7

What fun.
She has BP all over the place - 130/80 sometimes, then 17x/90. But consistent heart rate in the 50s when rested.

My resting heart rate is in the 60s but BP 128/78. Not so good.

The 'teenagers' (ok, they are twenty) . . .
BP okish, but their resting heart rates!  80 -90 bpm. That included the one that goes jogging now and then (but only a few km).
Little MissC, who hasn't had any exercise for a couple of years (but used to cycle a fair bit) had better BP and heart rate than any of them.

So a core basis of getting decently fit pays off, it seems. I always thought so.

[phantasmagoriana]

I had no idea what mine was until the BF bought a monitor a while back - he has high blood pressure (high enough to need medication, and he's only 36). I forget what the actual figures are for mine, but each time I've tested it it's come out in the "optimal" range according to the app that the monitor uses.

[sojournermike]

I got one after a scare at the local surgery - somewhat amusingly when I was called back the practice nurse observed that Dr X would make anybodies blood pressure increase!

I've found my home readings consistently increase by 15 points when presented with 'an actual Doctor'. Positively, I've gone from 120/80 at home to more like 115/75 over the last year as I've lost a bit of weight and done a few miles on the bike and running. Age is just 52.