From: bret.e.cahill@gmail.com

After taking hundreds of readings waking up in bed in the morning I discovered
I could reduce the systolic by ~ 20 mm Hg just by taking a deep breath and
exhaling just above/before reaching the systolic pressure.  This trick also
ran my pulse rate up by ~
 15 points.  I started adding the two unrelated numbers together to get
something more resistant to fluctuation.

So for years whenever I was in good enough shape to swim a mile in 30 minutes
in surfing trunks the simple sum would ave. a solid 150.

About a year ago I had problems with my neck and could no longer sprint.  It's
good to sprinkle a few intervals in to break the monotony of lap swim.  Six
months later the BretMetric went up 15 - 20 points for comparable swim times
and it will not go 
back down, even as swim times approach 2 mph.

Either the interval training is what really mattered or I've discovered a more
efficient swimming style, the stiff neck not so free style.

Consider the above a "text selfie."


Bret Cahill

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