RR: Right. No matter what it looks like, God can turn the situation around for you. Yes, I’m glad you tuned in this program today. My very special guest is a young man I’m very proud of, right here from our own city and state of Oklahoma. He graduated from Washington High School. He was very highly sought after as an athlete, with tremendous basketball ability. And everyone in the country tried to recruit Wayman Tisdale. The University of Oklahoma wound up–I’m going to talk to Wayman about how come we didn’t get him at ORU. We’ll put him on the spot today. But he wound up at Oklahoma University where he became an All-American. Now he’s a star in the NBA with the Indiana Pacers. Let’s give Wayman Tisdale a good handclap. Wayman, God bless you and welcome. (Applause) He’s going to share his witness for Jesus Christ with you today. Wayman and I have a lot in common. We’re both preacher’s kids, and you’re going to get to hear his story today and what’s going on in his life. And I want you to believe with all your heart as you watch this program today that just like this song says–”Miracles Still Happen.” (Applause)
RR: Singing “Miracles Still Happen” (Applause) Now stay tuned for this message coming up just for you.
DR. PAUL BRYNTESON: One, two, three, four, five, six. That means my resting heart rate there as I’m standing talking to you is 60. Have you ever counted your resting heart rate? Well, here’s one way you can do it. You can take your right arm, hold it out in front of you. Take your left hand, put it underneath your right arm and just gently put your fingers down on the thumb side of your wrist. Now let me give you a six-second count. Do you find your pulse there? Feel a little bit for it. Let me give you a six-second count. O.K., you have it? Ready? Begin. Stop. How many did you count in six seconds? Did you count five? Then add a zero. That means your heart was beating 50 times a minute. Did you count seven? Then add a zero and your heart was beating seventy times per minute. Or did you count nine? That means your heart was beating 90 times a minute. Now the importance of that is this, if your heart is normal and healthy, then the slower the beat the stronger the heart, which means it’s better to have a heart that beats 50 and 60 times per minute than it is for your heart to beat 70 and 80 times per minute. Let me give you an example. When we were first married 23 years ago, my wife had never exercised. She was quite typically unfit, like most Americans are. Well, at that point her resting heart rate was 80 beats a minute, 80. Now if you calculate that out, every day her heart beat 115,200 times. Have you ever thought about how many times per day your heart beats? 115,200 times. Then my wife started something. She started an aerobic fitness program, and she followed that for four or five years, and of course has been following it for all those years since then. But five or six years after she started her fitness program, now do you know what her resting heart rate was? 55. Her heart rate at rest dropped from 80 to 55. Now every day her heart beats 79,200 times. That’s a savings of 36,000 beats per day. What a savings. Her heart is so much stronger now, it can beat less and accomplish the same amount of work. Do you know in one year that that’s a savings of 13 million heart beats, 13 million in just one year. It pays to follow an aerobic exercise program to lower your resting heart rate. Now two of the principles that you should follow when you do an aerobic exercise program are, number one, the exercise should be continuous; that is, an exercise should be one that starts out and then continues, a exercise that starts and stops and starts and stops is not a good exercise for aerobics to lower your resting heart rate. Therefore, an exercise such as walking or jogging or cycling, whether it be a stationary cycle or outside, swimming, are all very good aerobics exercise programs. The other point is frequency. The program needs to be at least four to five days a week to develop, at least three days a week to maintain. I encourage you, start an exercise program so it can lower your resting heart rate. This is Dr. Paul Brynteson, wishing you abundant health. (Applause)
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