I got rhythm...

Well, after recording my first gallops about 10 days ago, I have had 3 more episodes. The first was a week ago during my workout. It occurred while I was on the abductor/adductor machine. This machine exercises the muscles on the inner and outer thighs. One either pushes the knees apart against resistance, or starting apart brings them together, also against resistance. I cannot remember which is which, nor which provoked the occurrence. As before, I stopped the activity, commenced my cognitive relaxation therapy and felt the hr--which was at 137--come down to normal. 

Then there was a hiatus of one week, that is, until today. During the week I was pretty careful with the alcohol consumption--no whiskey--but an occasional glass of wine. We entertained last evening and I had several glasses of wine. I also did an easier workout 48 hours after the initial occurrence on the machine. I cut my sets in half and still felt good about the overall exertion. There was no flutter. Friday we blew off the workout all together. For the most part it was a pretty sedentary 5 days.

This morning the first high rate--that's right there was more than one--occurred during the cool down on the recumbent bicycle. I ride for 30 minutes without much resistance at 60 rpms and every 5 minutes do a 1 min easy sprint, say up to  80 rpms. I have been doing the sprint based on what I read about interval training for several months now. My hr went up to 147 during the 27th minute after I had cut the (minimal) resistance and slowed the rpms to 40 or so. Again the relaxation worked, but it seemed to take longer.

Then I did all my lifts without a problem (2 sets each of 20 reps) until I was once again on the adductor/abductor machine. My hr went up during the third of the 4 sets and again was brought down by relaxation therapy. Again it seemed to take longer. But, as I am not recording the length of time it takes to make the change occur, I cannot be sure of this. I  will have to think about starting a stop watch and recording if I want to pursue this.

I don't know what variables are responsible for this. When I felt it start on the recumbent bike I knew exactly what it was after the first misfire. Not so much on the second instance. Is it happening more with lower body exertion? Maybe working the lower limbs changes bp more. I have no idea.

Still: no panic. We'll keep to schedule and see what happens...