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Does Your Heart Rate Affect Your Blood Pressure?

Your heart rate and your blood pressure do not automatically increase at the same rate. It’s possible for your heart rate to safely increase twice as much as the normal heart rate while your blood pressure only increases a minimal amount. In fact, even when your heart beats above the normal number of times per minute, healthy blood vessels can become larger for easier blood flow. For instance, your heart rate increases when you exercise which helps more blood to reach your muscles.

Aside from physical activities, your heart rate may also be affected by air temperature, your emotions, your body position, your body size and use of medications.

How Can You Measure Your Heart Rate?

You can easily check your heart rate, whether you’re exercising or doing your normal chores, by wearing an activity tracker. But if you don’t use one, you can also measure it manually by doing the following:

You may also find a pulse and measure your heart ra

te on the side of your neck, the inside of your elbow or the top of your foot.

What Is Your Target and Maximum Heart Rate?

A person’s maximum heart rate is about 220 minus their age. But it’s good to know that your target heart rate may vary depending on the intensity of your physical activities. The target heart rate while doing moderate intensity exercises is about 50-70% of your maximum heart rate and about 70-85% of the maximum heart rate for high intensity activities. You may refer to the chart below for the target heart rate and maximum heart rate per age group.

Note: Bpm refers to beats per minute. If you have a heart condition or are taking medications, please ask your doctor to determine your target and maximum heart rate.

What Is the Normal Blood Pressure Level?

While your blood pressure varies throughout the day based on the intensity of your activities, your doctor may diagnose you with high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, if your blood pressure is consistently higher than the normal levels. Having a higher blood pressure may increase your risk for conditions such as heart attack, heart disease and/or stroke. Read this article to understand more about your blood pressure numbers.

Final Thoughts

If you’re exercising and you noticed that your heart rate is too high, slow down because you’re straining. If your heart rate is too low though, you may try to increase the intensity of your workout, especially if your goal is to lose weight. For starters, you may aim for 50% of the maximum heart rate for your age and gradually build up. Always talk with your doctor before beginning an exercise program.

Read More: Your Mighty Heart

It’s possible to have a high or low heart rate without it affecting your blood pressure, and having high blood pressure doesn’t necessarily mean your heart rate is too high or too low. But there are some relationships between the two, and understanding those can help you protect your heart for the long term.

A healthy adult’s resting heart rate (the number of heart beats per minute when your body is at rest, you’re not ill and you feel calm) generally ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute, but it could be higher or lower depending on your lifestyle and other factors.

“People who exercise frequently have lower resting heart rates. Whereas stress, diet, caffeine intake, poor sleep and taking certain medications can cause your heart rate to become elevated,” says Tara Kay, PA-C, a board-certified physician assistant at Beaufort Memorial Heart Specialists. “Generally, a lower heart rate is healthier as it allows your heart to pump more blood with each beat, which results in more efficient heart function.”

Changes in your resting heart rate may indicate a cardiac condition that should be examined by a doctor. Those conditions include:

It's a good idea to keep an eye on your heart rate and alert your doctor if you notice changes.

Every time your heart beats, the resulting pressure pushes blood through your blood vessels. Your blood pressure is a measure of the blood’s force against the artery walls and is represented by two numbers in a fraction:

High blood pressure, also called hypertension, occurs when the force of the blood flowing through your blood vessels is too high. Over time, high blood pressure stresses the heart and causes it to work less efficiently, which can lead to serious issues such as heart attacks and strokes.

Healthy lifestyle habits can go a long way toward lowering your blood pressure and preventing heart disease. This includes scheduling regular appointments with a primary care provider. You can manage heart health at home with these tips:

“Combined aerobic and resistance exercise have proven to be one of the primary keys to overall health, longevity and especially cardiovascular health,” Kay stresses. “Regular exercise decreases heart rate, heart rate recovery time and can even reduce the risk of cardiac arrhythmias. Exercise also lowers blood pressure and can reduce the risk of developing hypertension.”

Read More: 10 Steps to a Healthier Heart

Heart rate and blood pressure aren’t the only numbers that can tell you if your heart is healthy. Learn other important indicators of heart health in our infographic.

Measure your blood pressure regularly to help your health care team diagnose any health problems early. You and your health care team can take steps to control your blood pressure if it is too high.

Measuring your blood pressure is the only way to know whether you have high blood pressure. High blood pressure usually has no warning signs or symptoms, and many people do not know they have it.

You can get your blood pressure measured

Take this form [PDF – 105 KB] with you on your first blood pressure visit to record important blood pressure-related information.

Many things can affect a blood pressure reading, including:

It’s important to get an accurate blood pressure reading so that you have a clearer picture of your risk for heart disease and stroke.

A reading that says your blood pressure is lower than it actually is may give you a false sense of security about your health. A reading that says your blood pressure is higher than it actually is may lead to treatment you don’t need.

Learn the correct way to have your blood pressure taken, whether you’re getting it checked at the doctor’s office or checking it yourself at home. Use this checklist:

If you are keeping track of your blood pressure at home, use these additional tips.

First, a health care professional wraps an inflatable cuff around your arm. The health care professional then inflates the cuff, which gently tightens on your arm. The cuff has a gauge on it that will measure your blood pressure.

The health care professional will slowly let air out of the cuff while listening to your pulse with a stethoscope and watching the gauge. This process is quick and painless. If using a digital or automatic blood pressure cuff, the health care professional will not need to use a stethoscope.

The gauge uses a unit of measurement called millimeters of mercury (mmHg) to measure the pressure in your blood vessels.

If you have high blood pressure, talk to your health care team about steps to take to control your blood pressure to lower your risk for heart disease and stroke.

Use this list of questions to ask your health care team [PDF – 173 KB] to help you manage your blood pressure.

Talk with your health care team about regularly measuring your blood pressure at home, also called self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring.

SMBP means you regularly use a personal blood pressure measurement device away from a doctor’s office or hospital—usually at home. These blood pressure monitors are easy and safe to use. A health care team member can show you how to use one if you need help.

Evidence shows that people with high blood pressure are more likely to lower their blood pressure if they use SMBP combined with support from their health care team than if they don’t use SMBP.3

Use these additional tips for SMBP:4

Talk with your health care team about how often you should have your blood pressure measured or when to measure it yourself. People who have high blood pressure may need to measure their blood pressure more often than people who do not have high blood pressure.

If you are concerned about your blood pressure numbers, talk to your health care team. They can help you make a plan to manage high blood pressure.

No matter your age, you also can take steps each day to help keep your blood pressure in a healthy range.