Hi Abby and Rebecca
Abby, I believe you are correct to go and check your situation out more closely. The lethargy and weakness are things that warrant a little investigation. If you are willing to to report back that would be great. I could ask you a lot more questions about your general everyday habits and even the conditions of the heated room you attend. So we’ll start with this: Perhaps you could tell me if you feel lethargic and weak after ANY activity or if it’s ONLY after hot yoga. That would be helpful.
Resting heart rates indicate heart efficiency. Waiver … in healthy individuals. In fact, in healthy active individuals. It means you have an efficient pump. When you are active during class, Rebecca and your heart rate doesn’t climb much then that is telling you (again read waiver) that your heart is efficient and doesn’t need to ‘stress’ or ‘strain’ much to keep your motor running! 😉
Contrast that with somebody unhealthy. Hey, if you’ve ever gone through periods of low activity (limited or no exercise) and then you have to run a short distance, or you return to exercise, then you’ll know that in no time at all your heart is beating very fast and you are very pooped! It takes some regular exercise to get that efficiency back to where you’re not pooped and your heart is not performing like a runaway train.
I think you’ll find that if you research resting heart rates of say, high level athletes, that you would find figures of 40-50 bpm give or take.
The yoga is definitely teaching you to breathe more efficiently and more deeply. Same with the efficiency of your body’s systems.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂
