Yeah... I knew there was something to do with a low resting heart-rate, wasn't sure how normal blood pressure impacts on one's work out... ah well... thanks for the dismbiguation.Yopaz said:Actually the rising pulse will cause an increased blood pressure in the aorta, but not as high as one would assume since when you work out your blood vessels will dilate and decrease the resistance the blood is meeting in the peripheral arteries which will reduce the diastolic blood pressure which will counter the rise of the systolic blood pressure.