Hi all, sorry if this is the wrong section to ask in but has anyone else had very high body stress the day after there first ramp test, my stress lvls are through the roof, when i went to bed my stress lvls were normal, resting heart rate of 46 but half way through the night my stress lvls went up to high and i have not been able to get them down since (24 hours later).
What do you mean by body stress? How are you perceiving or measuring that? What do you feel?
My heart rate, and garmin stress lvls
If you’re feeling unwell or your heart rate remains significantly elevated then you should check with a medical professional. But I can’t tell from your answer whether that’s the case. If that was an unusually hard effort then it’s normal to feel fatigue and have elevated resting HR or reduced HRV. The amount of recovery time you need is very personal and can’t be easily compared to other people. Your response to that kind of stimulus also depends on your training history and what you’ve seen in the past. If you are new to those kind of efforts you should consider asking your physician for a cardiac stress test in a clinical setting (usually done on a treadmill but some can do it on a bike) to make sure it’s safe.
Looks like you are new to Zwift, I’m obviously not sure how new to exercise.
Two of your recent sessions show unusually high HR and don’t follow an expected progression relative to the effort you were putting in.
My own experience suggests don’t assume your HR monitor is faulty. As Paul has suggested do go and get yourself checked over.
…a combinación of stimulants (caffeine and such) and carbs during high excerption (such as the ramp up test) will increase your stress level quite a bit for many hours afterwards. Actually, carbs alone late in the day even without caffeine or exercise will skyrocket your stress level. Btw, I am assuming no alcohol consumption -wrong assumption, because people tend to consume alcohol post exercise which will make havoc in your system.
That HR on the ramp test looks suspicious for an arrhythmia. Go get an EKG at your PCP, convenient care or ER today.
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