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I am taking a quarter of 25mg atenolol a day for bp and anxiety. i startedrunning every nighto get in shape and my hr goes to 150 approx. is this ok?
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Exercise: At age 39 an exercise rate if 150 is fine.
Answered 11/14/2013
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80% of max: When exercising it is recommended that people stay below 80% of their max heart rate. Look up some resources for computing your max heart rate and get a heart rate monitor to keep your exercise in the right range.
Answered 5/14/2016
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