Reta and Heart Rate

[BNLFL]

woundcarping said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





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That's wild — my graph covering the past 6 months looks nearly identical to yours:

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If you increase your Reta dose enough to get above 70, then we'd match

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





Image unavailable

I own a finger device that measures O2 and heart rate. Based on what my bed reports, my HR while asleep falls somewhere in the 53-70 range. Whether that reading is trustworthy, I have no idea. I didn’t even realize it tracked that until the bed’s app displayed it.

Are you using a pulse ox, or something like an Oura fitness tracker ring?

I switched to Oura so I could monitor my sleep more comfortably than with my watch… I only began tracking sleep around Jan or Feb, and I'm glad I have those records to put numbers behind my subjective "how I feel"

DragonOfTheSea said:

UnusualLLama said:

From what I understood, the way metabolism gets ramped up would make a modest bump in RHR fairly unsurprising.

I'm still waiting for my reta to show up, so I haven't begun. Mine usually sits around 42-44 pretty steadily, and I'm curious what effect it'll have. A slight rise seems likely to me, though I also figure it'll depend a lot on the dose.

Wow, an RHR that low is wild

And yep, you've got the right idea.

ThunderBird said:

When I push really heavy weights, it feels close to death. Other than that, nothing bothers me. The only time I feel off is once my heart rate goes past 150. My resting heart rate usually sits near ~70. To be upfront, I typically take in roughly 300-450mgs of caffeine before a heavy lifting session, yet that problem never showed up before I started Reta.

Right — for a lot of people, Reta tends to make caffeine hit harder when it comes to pushing heart rate up.

Hmm, I consume fewer energy drinks now than I used to, but I haven't felt any sensitivity. I used to take in ~600mg/day, and these days I'm at about 300mg. There was a stretch of a couple-few months where I had none at all; I figured it was because of dopamine blocking.

Nope, it's a Sleep Number bed. As I mentioned, I had no idea this feature was built in, and I definitely don't put any stock in the readings. It is really comfortable, though. We got it back in late February.

 

[woundcarping]

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





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That's wild — my graph covering the past 6 months looks nearly identical to yours:

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If you increase your Reta dose enough to get above 70, then we'd match

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





Image unavailable

I own a finger device that measures O2 and heart rate. Based on what my bed reports, my HR while asleep falls somewhere in the 53-70 range. Whether that reading is trustworthy, I have no idea. I didn’t even realize it tracked that until the bed’s app displayed it.

Are you using a pulse ox, or something like an Oura fitness tracker ring?

I switched to Oura so I could monitor my sleep more comfortably than with my watch… I only began tracking sleep around Jan or Feb, and I'm glad I have those records to put numbers behind my subjective "how I feel"

DragonOfTheSea said:

UnusualLLama said:

From what I understood, the way metabolism gets ramped up would make a modest bump in RHR fairly unsurprising.

I'm still waiting for my reta to show up, so I haven't begun. Mine usually sits around 42-44 pretty steadily, and I'm curious what effect it'll have. A slight rise seems likely to me, though I also figure it'll depend a lot on the dose.

Wow, an RHR that low is wild

And yep, you've got the right idea.

ThunderBird said:

When I push really heavy weights, it feels close to death. Other than that, nothing bothers me. The only time I feel off is once my heart rate goes past 150. My resting heart rate usually sits near ~70. To be upfront, I typically take in roughly 300-450mgs of caffeine before a heavy lifting session, yet that problem never showed up before I started Reta.

Right — for a lot of people, Reta tends to make caffeine hit harder when it comes to pushing heart rate up.

Hmm, I consume fewer energy drinks now than I used to, but I haven't felt any sensitivity. I used to take in ~600mg/day, and these days I'm at about 300mg. There was a stretch of a couple-few months where I had none at all; I figured it was because of dopamine blocking.

Nope, it's a Sleep Number bed. As I mentioned, I had no idea this feature was built in, and I definitely don't put any stock in the readings. It is really comfortable, though. We got it back in late February.

You mentioned having a pulse/o² finger device — I wasn't sure whether it's a ring or

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[BNLFL]

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





Image unavailable

That's wild — my graph covering the past 6 months looks nearly identical to yours:

Image unavailable

If you increase your Reta dose enough to get above 70, then we'd match

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





Image unavailable

I own a finger device that measures O2 and heart rate. Based on what my bed reports, my HR while asleep falls somewhere in the 53-70 range. Whether that reading is trustworthy, I have no idea. I didn’t even realize it tracked that until the bed’s app displayed it.

Are you using a pulse ox, or something like an Oura fitness tracker ring?

I switched to Oura so I could monitor my sleep more comfortably than with my watch… I only began tracking sleep around Jan or Feb, and I'm glad I have those records to put numbers behind my subjective "how I feel"

DragonOfTheSea said:

UnusualLLama said:

From what I understood, the way metabolism gets ramped up would make a modest bump in RHR fairly unsurprising.

I'm still waiting for my reta to show up, so I haven't begun. Mine usually sits around 42-44 pretty steadily, and I'm curious what effect it'll have. A slight rise seems likely to me, though I also figure it'll depend a lot on the dose.

Wow, an RHR that low is wild

And yep, you've got the right idea.

ThunderBird said:

When I push really heavy weights, it feels close to death. Other than that, nothing bothers me. The only time I feel off is once my heart rate goes past 150. My resting heart rate usually sits near ~70. To be upfront, I typically take in roughly 300-450mgs of caffeine before a heavy lifting session, yet that problem never showed up before I started Reta.

Right — for a lot of people, Reta tends to make caffeine hit harder when it comes to pushing heart rate up.

Hmm, I consume fewer energy drinks now than I used to, but I haven't felt any sensitivity. I used to take in ~600mg/day, and these days I'm at about 300mg. There was a stretch of a couple-few months where I had none at all; I figured it was because of dopamine blocking.

Nope, it's a Sleep Number bed. As I mentioned, I had no idea this feature was built in, and I definitely don't put any stock in the readings. It is really comfortable, though. We got it back in late February.

You mentioned having a pulse/o² finger device — I wasn't sure whether it's a ring or

Image unavailable

Oh, I've got a finger one that's just like that.

 

[woundcarping]

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





Image unavailable

That's wild — my graph covering the past 6 months looks nearly identical to yours:

Image unavailable

If you increase your Reta dose enough to get above 70, then we'd match

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





Image unavailable

I own a finger device that measures O2 and heart rate. Based on what my bed reports, my HR while asleep falls somewhere in the 53-70 range. Whether that reading is trustworthy, I have no idea. I didn’t even realize it tracked that until the bed’s app displayed it.

Are you using a pulse ox, or something like an Oura fitness tracker ring?

I switched to Oura so I could monitor my sleep more comfortably than with my watch… I only began tracking sleep around Jan or Feb, and I'm glad I have those records to put numbers behind my subjective "how I feel"

DragonOfTheSea said:

UnusualLLama said:

From what I understood, the way metabolism gets ramped up would make a modest bump in RHR fairly unsurprising.

I'm still waiting for my reta to show up, so I haven't begun. Mine usually sits around 42-44 pretty steadily, and I'm curious what effect it'll have. A slight rise seems likely to me, though I also figure it'll depend a lot on the dose.

Wow, an RHR that low is wild

And yep, you've got the right idea.

ThunderBird said:

When I push really heavy weights, it feels close to death. Other than that, nothing bothers me. The only time I feel off is once my heart rate goes past 150. My resting heart rate usually sits near ~70. To be upfront, I typically take in roughly 300-450mgs of caffeine before a heavy lifting session, yet that problem never showed up before I started Reta.

Right — for a lot of people, Reta tends to make caffeine hit harder when it comes to pushing heart rate up.

Hmm, I consume fewer energy drinks now than I used to, but I haven't felt any sensitivity. I used to take in ~600mg/day, and these days I'm at about 300mg. There was a stretch of a couple-few months where I had none at all; I figured it was because of dopamine blocking.

Nope, it's a Sleep Number bed. As I mentioned, I had no idea this feature was built in, and I definitely don't put any stock in the readings. It is really comfortable, though. We got it back in late February.

You mentioned having a pulse/o² finger device — I wasn't sure whether it's a ring or

Image unavailable

Oh, I've got a finger one that's just like that.

Yeah, sleeping in that doesn't sound appealing at all

This is what I've got:

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[BNLFL]

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





Image unavailable

That's wild — my graph covering the past 6 months looks nearly identical to yours:

Image unavailable

If you increase your Reta dose enough to get above 70, then we'd match

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





Image unavailable

I own a finger device that measures O2 and heart rate. Based on what my bed reports, my HR while asleep falls somewhere in the 53-70 range. Whether that reading is trustworthy, I have no idea. I didn’t even realize it tracked that until the bed’s app displayed it.

Are you using a pulse ox, or something like an Oura fitness tracker ring?

I switched to Oura so I could monitor my sleep more comfortably than with my watch… I only began tracking sleep around Jan or Feb, and I'm glad I have those records to put numbers behind my subjective "how I feel"

DragonOfTheSea said:

UnusualLLama said:

From what I understood, the way metabolism gets ramped up would make a modest bump in RHR fairly unsurprising.

I'm still waiting for my reta to show up, so I haven't begun. Mine usually sits around 42-44 pretty steadily, and I'm curious what effect it'll have. A slight rise seems likely to me, though I also figure it'll depend a lot on the dose.

Wow, an RHR that low is wild

And yep, you've got the right idea.

ThunderBird said:

When I push really heavy weights, it feels close to death. Other than that, nothing bothers me. The only time I feel off is once my heart rate goes past 150. My resting heart rate usually sits near ~70. To be upfront, I typically take in roughly 300-450mgs of caffeine before a heavy lifting session, yet that problem never showed up before I started Reta.

Right — for a lot of people, Reta tends to make caffeine hit harder when it comes to pushing heart rate up.

Hmm, I consume fewer energy drinks now than I used to, but I haven't felt any sensitivity. I used to take in ~600mg/day, and these days I'm at about 300mg. There was a stretch of a couple-few months where I had none at all; I figured it was because of dopamine blocking.

Nope, it's a Sleep Number bed. As I mentioned, I had no idea this feature was built in, and I definitely don't put any stock in the readings. It is really comfortable, though. We got it back in late February.

You mentioned having a pulse/o² finger device — I wasn't sure whether it's a ring or

Image unavailable

Oh, I've got a finger one that's just like that.

Yeah, sleeping in that doesn't sound appealing at all

This is what I've got:

Image unavailable

A close buddy of mine owns a similar device. Could you share a link? Now I'm a bit intrigued.

 

[woundcarping]

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





Image unavailable

That's wild — my graph covering the past 6 months looks nearly identical to yours:

Image unavailable

If you increase your Reta dose enough to get above 70, then we'd match

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





Image unavailable

I own a finger device that measures O2 and heart rate. Based on what my bed reports, my HR while asleep falls somewhere in the 53-70 range. Whether that reading is trustworthy, I have no idea. I didn’t even realize it tracked that until the bed’s app displayed it.

Are you using a pulse ox, or something like an Oura fitness tracker ring?

I switched to Oura so I could monitor my sleep more comfortably than with my watch… I only began tracking sleep around Jan or Feb, and I'm glad I have those records to put numbers behind my subjective "how I feel"

DragonOfTheSea said:

UnusualLLama said:

From what I understood, the way metabolism gets ramped up would make a modest bump in RHR fairly unsurprising.

I'm still waiting for my reta to show up, so I haven't begun. Mine usually sits around 42-44 pretty steadily, and I'm curious what effect it'll have. A slight rise seems likely to me, though I also figure it'll depend a lot on the dose.

Wow, an RHR that low is wild

And yep, you've got the right idea.

ThunderBird said:

When I push really heavy weights, it feels close to death. Other than that, nothing bothers me. The only time I feel off is once my heart rate goes past 150. My resting heart rate usually sits near ~70. To be upfront, I typically take in roughly 300-450mgs of caffeine before a heavy lifting session, yet that problem never showed up before I started Reta.

Right — for a lot of people, Reta tends to make caffeine hit harder when it comes to pushing heart rate up.

Hmm, I consume fewer energy drinks now than I used to, but I haven't felt any sensitivity. I used to take in ~600mg/day, and these days I'm at about 300mg. There was a stretch of a couple-few months where I had none at all; I figured it was because of dopamine blocking.

Nope, it's a Sleep Number bed. As I mentioned, I had no idea this feature was built in, and I definitely don't put any stock in the readings. It is really comfortable, though. We got it back in late February.

You mentioned having a pulse/o² finger device — I wasn't sure whether it's a ring or

Image unavailable

Oh, I've got a finger one that's just like that.

Yeah, sleeping in that doesn't sound appealing at all

This is what I've got:

Image unavailable

A close buddy of mine owns a similar device. Could you share a link? Now I'm a bit intrigued.

Oura

 

[thorien]

DragonOfTheSea said:

UnusualLLama said:

From what I understood, the way metabolism gets ramped up would make a modest bump in RHR fairly unsurprising.

I'm still waiting for my reta to show up, so I haven't begun. Mine usually sits around 42-44 pretty steadily, and I'm curious what effect it'll have. A slight rise seems likely to me, though I also figure it'll depend a lot on the dose.

Wow, an RHR that low is wild

And yep, you've got the right idea.

ThunderBird said:

When I push really heavy weights, it feels close to death. Other than that, nothing bothers me. The only time I feel off is once my heart rate goes past 150. My resting heart rate usually sits near ~70. To be upfront, I typically take in roughly 300-450mgs of caffeine before a heavy lifting session, yet that problem never showed up before I started Reta.

Right — for a lot of people, Reta tends to make caffeine hit harder when it comes to pushing heart rate up.

If someone is taking reta, does that suggest they ought to reduce or perhaps avoid a pre workout that contains a lot of caffeine?

 

[BNLFL]

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





Image unavailable

That's wild — my graph covering the past 6 months looks nearly identical to yours:

Image unavailable

If you increase your Reta dose enough to get above 70, then we'd match

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





Image unavailable

I own a finger device that measures O2 and heart rate. Based on what my bed reports, my HR while asleep falls somewhere in the 53-70 range. Whether that reading is trustworthy, I have no idea. I didn’t even realize it tracked that until the bed’s app displayed it.

Are you using a pulse ox, or something like an Oura fitness tracker ring?

I switched to Oura so I could monitor my sleep more comfortably than with my watch… I only began tracking sleep around Jan or Feb, and I'm glad I have those records to put numbers behind my subjective "how I feel"

DragonOfTheSea said:

UnusualLLama said:

From what I understood, the way metabolism gets ramped up would make a modest bump in RHR fairly unsurprising.

I'm still waiting for my reta to show up, so I haven't begun. Mine usually sits around 42-44 pretty steadily, and I'm curious what effect it'll have. A slight rise seems likely to me, though I also figure it'll depend a lot on the dose.

Wow, an RHR that low is wild

And yep, you've got the right idea.

ThunderBird said:

When I push really heavy weights, it feels close to death. Other than that, nothing bothers me. The only time I feel off is once my heart rate goes past 150. My resting heart rate usually sits near ~70. To be upfront, I typically take in roughly 300-450mgs of caffeine before a heavy lifting session, yet that problem never showed up before I started Reta.

Right — for a lot of people, Reta tends to make caffeine hit harder when it comes to pushing heart rate up.

Hmm, I consume fewer energy drinks now than I used to, but I haven't felt any sensitivity. I used to take in ~600mg/day, and these days I'm at about 300mg. There was a stretch of a couple-few months where I had none at all; I figured it was because of dopamine blocking.

Nope, it's a Sleep Number bed. As I mentioned, I had no idea this feature was built in, and I definitely don't put any stock in the readings. It is really comfortable, though. We got it back in late February.

You mentioned having a pulse/o² finger device — I wasn't sure whether it's a ring or

Image unavailable

Oh, I've got a finger one that's just like that.

Yeah, sleeping in that doesn't sound appealing at all

This is what I've got:

Image unavailable

A close buddy of mine owns a similar device. Could you share a link? Now I'm a bit intrigued.

Oura

Appreciate it — that stuff costs a fair bit. Even so, I plan to look into it.

 

[jason370]

When I first began, my resting HR had risen by 12-15 bpm; at this point it remains elevated by 5.

 

[DragonOfTheSea]

thorien said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

UnusualLLama said:

From what I understood, the way metabolism gets ramped up would make a modest bump in RHR fairly unsurprising.

I'm still waiting for my reta to show up, so I haven't begun. Mine usually sits around 42-44 pretty steadily, and I'm curious what effect it'll have. A slight rise seems likely to me, though I also figure it'll depend a lot on the dose.

Wow, an RHR that low is wild

And yep, you've got the right idea.

ThunderBird said:

When I push really heavy weights, it feels close to death. Other than that, nothing bothers me. The only time I feel off is once my heart rate goes past 150. My resting heart rate usually sits near ~70. To be upfront, I typically take in roughly 300-450mgs of caffeine before a heavy lifting session, yet that problem never showed up before I started Reta.

Right — for a lot of people, Reta tends to make caffeine hit harder when it comes to pushing heart rate up.

If someone is taking reta, does that suggest they ought to reduce or perhaps avoid a pre workout that contains a lot of caffeine?

My take is that this varies from person to person and you should just see how it goes for you, but it's completely normal if your heart seems to beat a bit quicker than you're used to.

 

[woundcarping]

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





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That's wild — my graph covering the past 6 months looks nearly identical to yours:

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If you increase your Reta dose enough to get above 70, then we'd match

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





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I own a finger device that measures O2 and heart rate. Based on what my bed reports, my HR while asleep falls somewhere in the 53-70 range. Whether that reading is trustworthy, I have no idea. I didn’t even realize it tracked that until the bed’s app displayed it.

Are you using a pulse ox, or something like an Oura fitness tracker ring?

I switched to Oura so I could monitor my sleep more comfortably than with my watch… I only began tracking sleep around Jan or Feb, and I'm glad I have those records to put numbers behind my subjective "how I feel"

DragonOfTheSea said:

UnusualLLama said:

From what I understood, the way metabolism gets ramped up would make a modest bump in RHR fairly unsurprising.

I'm still waiting for my reta to show up, so I haven't begun. Mine usually sits around 42-44 pretty steadily, and I'm curious what effect it'll have. A slight rise seems likely to me, though I also figure it'll depend a lot on the dose.

Wow, an RHR that low is wild

And yep, you've got the right idea.

ThunderBird said:

When I push really heavy weights, it feels close to death. Other than that, nothing bothers me. The only time I feel off is once my heart rate goes past 150. My resting heart rate usually sits near ~70. To be upfront, I typically take in roughly 300-450mgs of caffeine before a heavy lifting session, yet that problem never showed up before I started Reta.

Right — for a lot of people, Reta tends to make caffeine hit harder when it comes to pushing heart rate up.

Hmm, I consume fewer energy drinks now than I used to, but I haven't felt any sensitivity. I used to take in ~600mg/day, and these days I'm at about 300mg. There was a stretch of a couple-few months where I had none at all; I figured it was because of dopamine blocking.

Nope, it's a Sleep Number bed. As I mentioned, I had no idea this feature was built in, and I definitely don't put any stock in the readings. It is really comfortable, though. We got it back in late February.

You mentioned having a pulse/o² finger device — I wasn't sure whether it's a ring or

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Oh, I've got a finger one that's just like that.

Yeah, sleeping in that doesn't sound appealing at all

This is what I've got:

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A close buddy of mine owns a similar device. Could you share a link? Now I'm a bit intrigued.

Oura

Appreciate it — that stuff costs a fair bit. Even so, I plan to look into it.

Other brands exist at a lower price point, and Oura charges roughly $6 per month for certain features. You can find YouTube videos that compare different options.

For me, it justifies the cost, though whether it does for you comes down to personal choice.

 

[Retarage]

jason370 said:

When I first began, my resting HR had risen by 12-15 bpm; at this point it remains elevated by 5.

Glad yours went down! For me, at 2mg, it's risen by 7-9.

 

[wildweasel]

ultima thule said:

Reading up on side effects, I saw a lot of people mention their heart rate going up. For me it's the exact opposite. I only recently began Reta and have taken 2 shots of 1mg up to now. My cardio BPM used to sit at about 160-170 before Reta. Now it's closer to 130-140. Has anyone else seen their heart rate shift like this, or am I the only one?

I'm a very active guy. My resting heart rate has barely budged on Reta — you can see the data here: https://cryptpad.fr/sheet/#/2/sheet/view/-5RTrH4QMn1j3eJjdeFrXYVi0E1JzZbFhwEX8Xc7IDc/

As for my active heart rate, I'd guess it's dropped somewhere around 7-10 compared to the peak I had before starting reta. BUT I should add a caveat: I'm just a lot fitter these days than I was back then. My body fat went down a couple of percent, landing in the 11% range, and I'm training harder now than I used to

 

[JFinHK]

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





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That's wild — my graph covering the past 6 months looks nearly identical to yours:

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If you increase your Reta dose enough to get above 70, then we'd match

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





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I own a finger device that measures O2 and heart rate. Based on what my bed reports, my HR while asleep falls somewhere in the 53-70 range. Whether that reading is trustworthy, I have no idea. I didn’t even realize it tracked that until the bed’s app displayed it.

Are you using a pulse ox, or something like an Oura fitness tracker ring?

I switched to Oura so I could monitor my sleep more comfortably than with my watch… I only began tracking sleep around Jan or Feb, and I'm glad I have those records to put numbers behind my subjective "how I feel"

DragonOfTheSea said:

UnusualLLama said:

From what I understood, the way metabolism gets ramped up would make a modest bump in RHR fairly unsurprising.

I'm still waiting for my reta to show up, so I haven't begun. Mine usually sits around 42-44 pretty steadily, and I'm curious what effect it'll have. A slight rise seems likely to me, though I also figure it'll depend a lot on the dose.

Wow, an RHR that low is wild

And yep, you've got the right idea.

ThunderBird said:

When I push really heavy weights, it feels close to death. Other than that, nothing bothers me. The only time I feel off is once my heart rate goes past 150. My resting heart rate usually sits near ~70. To be upfront, I typically take in roughly 300-450mgs of caffeine before a heavy lifting session, yet that problem never showed up before I started Reta.

Right — for a lot of people, Reta tends to make caffeine hit harder when it comes to pushing heart rate up.

Hmm, I consume fewer energy drinks now than I used to, but I haven't felt any sensitivity. I used to take in ~600mg/day, and these days I'm at about 300mg. There was a stretch of a couple-few months where I had none at all; I figured it was because of dopamine blocking.

Nope, it's a Sleep Number bed. As I mentioned, I had no idea this feature was built in, and I definitely don't put any stock in the readings. It is really comfortable, though. We got it back in late February.

You mentioned having a pulse/o² finger device — I wasn't sure whether it's a ring or

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Oh, I've got a finger one that's just like that.

Yeah, sleeping in that doesn't sound appealing at all

This is what I've got:

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A close buddy of mine owns a similar device. Could you share a link? Now I'm a bit intrigued.

Oura

Appreciate it — that stuff costs a fair bit. Even so, I plan to look into it.

Yeah, the Oura ring costs a lot, and on top of that there's a subscription required. Mine came with a free lifetime membership when I bought the 2nd gen, which is the only reason I have one. I kept seeing plenty of ads for other smart rings priced way lower, but I can't say how they stack up.

 

[maven8518]

declan said:

maven8518 said:

I take medication for afib. Since starting reta, my resting heart rate has gone up, though it doesn't worry me. Haven't brought it up with my cardiologist lol

If you already have a heart condition, what's the reasoning behind choosing Reta? Tirz delivers almost identical advantages and doesn't put that extra pressure on heart rate. I'm curious what made Reta seem like the better option compared to tirz.

Could be I don't know any better, or perhaps it's because at 41 I still believe nothing can touch me. The rise hasn't struck me as something to worry about.

 

[RubbaDubba1]

If your BPM has gone up, Taurine can help lower it. Energy drinks contain it for that reason — to keep your heart from pounding so hard. It costs almost nothing, and even Nutricost makes a decent version; I take 4,000mg daily.

AI:Taurine is a conditionally essential amino acid supporting heart health, exercise performance, and nerve function, found naturally in meat and seafood. It acts as an antioxidant and aids in cellular electrolyte balance. Widely used in energy drinks, it is deemed safe at 500–6,000 mg daily, although it may interact with blood pressure medications.

 

[Wecandothis]

declan said:

maven8518 said:

I take medication for afib. Since starting reta, my resting heart rate has gone up, though it doesn't worry me. Haven't brought it up with my cardiologist lol

If you already have a heart condition, what's the reasoning behind choosing Reta? Tirz delivers almost identical advantages and doesn't put that extra pressure on heart rate. I'm curious what made Reta seem like the better option compared to tirz.

At the start, my heart skipped beats frequently; that has since stopped. I'm now taking 7 mg per week.

 

[lessthanhalf]

maven8518 said:

declan said:

maven8518 said:

I take medication for afib. Since starting reta, my resting heart rate has gone up, though it doesn't worry me. Haven't brought it up with my cardiologist lol

If you already have a heart condition, what's the reasoning behind choosing Reta? Tirz delivers almost identical advantages and doesn't put that extra pressure on heart rate. I'm curious what made Reta seem like the better option compared to tirz.

Could be I don't know any better, or perhaps it's because at 41 I still believe nothing can touch me. The rise hasn't struck me as something to worry about.

This is really a matter for your cardiologist to weigh in on. At 41, you're not shielded from arrhythmias that can spiral out of control — particularly when afib is already part of the picture. Since reta hasn't been studied in people with cardiovascular disease, and since it pushes heart rate up to a greater degree than tirz, tirz is probably the safer pick. Reta isn't on the market yet, so there's no guidance available for using it when a faster heart rate could be problematic. Like tirz or sema, reta will likely end up lowering long-term cardiovascular risk too, but that's nowhere near proven, and I'm not aware of any data at all on its risks in established cardiovascular disease — especially with its stronger tendency to raise heart rate compared to the other GLP's. So the risks probably aren't zero, particularly given the anecdotal accounts online of heart rate sometimes jumping substantially.

 

[BNLFL]

maven8518 said:

declan said:

maven8518 said:

I take medication for afib. Since starting reta, my resting heart rate has gone up, though it doesn't worry me. Haven't brought it up with my cardiologist lol

If you already have a heart condition, what's the reasoning behind choosing Reta? Tirz delivers almost identical advantages and doesn't put that extra pressure on heart rate. I'm curious what made Reta seem like the better option compared to tirz.

Could be I don't know any better, or perhaps it's because at 41 I still believe nothing can touch me. The rise hasn't struck me as something to worry about.

Since being hospitalized 3.5 years ago, I've been taking 2 low-dose medications: Metoprolol and Lisinipril. Double Pneumonia, a severe case, triggered afib in my heart. It hasn't returned at any point, and my cardiologist advises I continue the medication. Two weeks back I had my annual exam, and the EKG plus everything else came back fine. These meds cause me no issues whatsoever. I began Reta at the start of the year.

 

[Cannonball72]

While taking Retatrutide, I've noticed my resting HR and Max HR have both gone up. What's odd is that I don't perceive it at all — not while I'm moving, not after.

Yesterday I went for a 25 mile mtb ride, and my max HR reached 208 (I'm 53). Since I don't have a cardiologist on speed dial, I turned to Claude: I uploaded the ride data and asked it to flag anything worrying, because this was the 3rd time I'd seen numbers in that range since starting Reta.

Then I put in the info about my peps and my other medications.

Here's what it came back with.

And yes, I do intend to talk to my Dr.

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Heart Rate Concerns — Resolved

The original worry — 208 bpm at age 53 — got broken down step by step:

• The age-predicted max HR formula (220 - age) yields 167 bpm for someone who is 53 — so 208 looks scary at first glance

• Retatrutide (GLP-1 agonist) has produced a consistent +15-20 bpm shift throughout your whole HR range

• Resting HR went from 51 → 67 bpm

• Observed max went from 185 → 208 bpm

• The change is proportional and steady — a pathological cause would show up as erratic, not uniform

• Cialis (vasodilator) probably adds a small amount by bringing blood pressure down during exertion, which drives a compensatory HR increase

• Feeling entirely normal during the ride and 3 hours afterward basically rules out an acute cardiac event

• Action item: Tell your prescribing doctor about the +16 bpm resting HR increase so it can be confirmed stable and the medication combination can be monitored properly

Since starting the medications, a 16 bpm increase in resting HR and a 23 bpm increase in max HR is strikingly consistent. It amounts to a uniform upward shift across your whole HR range — precisely what GLP-1 receptor agonist effects would produce, rather than anything pathological. With a cardiac problem, you'd anticipate an erratic, unpredictable pattern — not a clean, proportional shift.