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Thank you for your suggestions. I do have an Apple watch and I use it to record mu HR when I walk, swim or workout. I actually love to exercise and strength training is very important for bone health as well so I don't plan on giving it up. I do walk a lot, bike ride, swim, and garden. I'm active and not about to give that up! None of the doctors I have seen so far (internal medicine and ER doctor) have suggested I give up strength training or suggested any lifestyle changes! I'm back in the gym and my HR has stayed under 120. However, just walking my dog for 30 minutes can also result in my heart rate pushing 120, so I don't think it's the weights. There's something else going on that just hasn't been diagnosed yet.
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In my experience doctors don't get into suggestions of what to give up unless we present an activity as a trigger. Will you be telling the MD what activities seem to trigger problems with your heart rate?
I like the book "The Afib Cure" by John Day and another cardiologist. Some of it might apply to SVT. They do focus on giving up triggers in order to avoid meds, but of course also write about those who need meds after those efforts.
Acceptance of limitations is tough. I can walk 10 miles in a day but can barely lift a seltzer bottle. I have osteoporosis too with fractures. You are lucky to still be lifting. But a PT may be able to help you find alternatives to help bones.