Very Interesting Exercise Phenomenon

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Greetings everyone,

 

I've been noticing something very peculiar whilst exercising.

 

I exercise 2 -3 times a week, and I usually do so until i feel energized. I keep

the workouts (weight bearing) to under 40 minutes, as mounting research is all

pointing to the fact that when exercise is kept under this time frame, growth

hormone is released more readily.

 

Being a newly certified personal trainer, i've started to practice what I

preach, so to speak, so I take a baseline heartrate before I begin my

routine(Truthfully, I do the five mintue routine before exercising, as Mrs. Eden

mentions that it is a excellent warmup routine in her coauthroed book " The

promise of energy psychology), I take the pulse during my rest periods, and I

take the pulse after I'm done working out.

 

I've noticed something that seems odd:

 

My pulse starts out very strong, and then as I continue to work, the pulse

becomes more difficult to find. My thinking is that the opposite should be the

case or in other words, My pulse should get stronger as i continue to work.

 

I'm curious as to whether or not anyone here who exercises frequently has

noticed this or something similar occurring?

 

As I mentioned before, my pulse is initially strong and very easy to find.

 

I'm not sure what is going on here, however, After my workouts, I am quite

energized and I make sure to do the five minute routine as a warmup, as per " the

promise of energy psychology "

 

 

One thing that occurred to me recently is the possibility that exercise is

having a relaxing effect on my heart.

 

Something else may be going on, I'm looking to eastern medicine to shed some

more light on this situation. I know that in kinesiology, the " pulse " of each

meridian can be checked on the wrist.

 

Many of those meridians seem to be in the same place where western medicine

practitioners check the heart rate, which is where I was trained to check the

pulse of clients.

 

Can anyone shed some light on this situation?

 

Kind regards,

 

Thomas