# Low Blood Pressure at Peak Fitness **URL:** \ **Category:** Training\ **Created:** [May 7, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/low-blood-pressure-at-peak-fitness/58345 "2021-05-07T10:59:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![Petaaar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/petaaar/32/152656_2.png) [@Petaaar](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Petaaar)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/low-blood-pressure-at-peak-fitness/58345/8 "2021-05-07T16:39:58Z")
It’s a thing called orthostatic hypotension and it was discussed already in the forum. I observe it also every year during peak fitness period. > [@Orthostatic (postural) Hypotension](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/orthostatic-postural-hypotension/37561): > > Just wondering if anyone else is suffering from this and noticing a correlation with their fitness state. My siblings both suffer from mildly compromised autonomic systems. My own dip in that collective gene pool seems to be a legacy of more frequent than usual lightheadedness spells on standing up due to reduced blood pressure. I have just started to notice that these event correlate more with increased fitness. So I did a bit of digging on it and it seems that while exercise increases the blo… --- _[View the full topic](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/low-blood-pressure-at-peak-fitness/58345)._