Hyperthyroidism and training

[hsquared]

I have a cousin who has hyperthyroidism and is going to have to have it removed in May. She wants to do some training but her doctor is wary because her resting heart rate is 140 bpm. She is about 215#. Her doctor told her to go easy on the working out because of her heart rate, but he did not tell her to stop it. Have any of you had experience with this? She is going to start eating a clean diet and will focus on losing weight now. The question is exercise. My thought is that she could still do some resistance training but keep an eye on her heart rate and don't try to do any PR's or anything. What do you guys think?

[Noel Clark]

I have a cousin who has hyperthyroidism and is going to have to have it removed in May. She wants to do some training but her doctor is wary because her resting heart rate is 140 bpm. She is about 215#. Her doctor told her to go easy on the working out because of her heart rate, but he did not tell her to stop it. Have any of you had experience with this? She is going to start eating a clean diet and will focus on losing weight now. The question is exercise. My thought is that she could still do some resistance training but keep an eye on her heart rate and don't try to do any PR's or anything. What do you guys think?

Did her doctor ever suggest that she put on Drug therapy first? Why are they removing it?

Has she she seen a dramatic loss in weight?

[RpH]

I would pretty much agree. Her heartrate should be monitored and as long as it's not critical, she should be ok. I would think she couldn't do a lot.

Why is she having it removed rather than chemically expunging it?

[Fitwolf]

whew - I can't imagine a resting hr of 140. I don't have any advice though...

[Erik]

I have a cousin who has hyperthyroidism and is going to have to have it removed in May. She wants to do some training but her doctor is wary because her resting heart rate is 140 bpm. She is about 215#.

Hyperthyroidism and that much overweight? That's interesting.

That's a really fast resting heart rate. Does she sleep?

[Inatic]

Did they test her antibodies to confirm hyper T. She might likely be hashi's which has a hyper component.

RPH, i'd like to know the answer to that too. My levels 16yrs back were three times what they should be and I refused to even ablate mine. It went to remission and burnt out. THey told me had graves but never had the antibodies but i do have them for hashi's

[Inatic]

Hyperthyroidism and that much overweight? That's interesting.

That's a really fast resting heart rate. Does she sleep?

Its very common to be hyper T and over wt. tho many lose wt.

[bootygalore]

so if you have a low resting heart rate, is that a contribution to hypothyriod? Also, does blood pressure have to do with heart rate? sorry, Im dumb when it comes to medical stuff, lol.

[Fitwolf]

When a person is hyper often er metabolism is increased - the HR increase is a side effect of the hyper-T -- the HR isn't causing the Hyper T, it's the other way around.

Someone with Hypo may have a lower HR because her metabolism has slowed down... again, the thryoid issue is effecting the HR.

In my mind a low HR is generally good because it is a sign of higher cardiovacular fitness - the body isn't working very hard to get the oxygen it needs at rest.

Blood pressure is caused by the heart pumping the blood through the veins - I think high/low bp has more to do with the veins or amount of blood than with HR, but I'm speculating.

[hsquared]

I didn't ask her blood pressure. I think that is more important than the resting heart rate when it comes to exercise. She is overweight because her thyroid is not always this active. It was "fine" or not as active for the past 3 years but started acting up again. She is on medication. However, she wants children and the medication she is on will cause birth defects. I think that is why she wants it removed. She really wants to start a family.

At this point, I just thought she could eat clean and still exercise but pay attention to her body and how she feels, stopping when it is too much or she gets to heated. The feedback you guys have is really helpful. I know it is a medical problem, but I didn't know if anyone had any experience with this.

[Blondell]

Its very common to be hyper T and over wt. tho many lose wt.

It's still interesting though. :uhuh: