Exercise for blood pressure

[Veggie530]

Originally Posted by NurseKnuckles

Excersise and diet, my friend are two things you have control over that can greatly affect your BP.

this.

ditch the salt, hit some cardio. simple but true. a lot of people don't need their beta blockers/ace inhibitors/diuretics because of a good lifestyle change.

[Linds]

Originally Posted by NurseKnuckles

Excersise and diet, my friend are two things you have control over that can greatly affect your BP.

I know that. But what exercises?

[MKashew]

Originally Posted by Linds

I know that. But what exercises?

Obviously some running.

Biking if you wanna save your joints into old age, but getting some inserts for my running shoes really helped with shock

[Chernabog]

Originally Posted by Linds

I have a family history of high blood pressure. Mine's lately been kind of high. I know exercise can help keep it down. But I already exercise a few times a week.

I did a quick google but everything I saw seemed aimed at sedentary people just begging them to move their ass off the couch even a little bit.

Do different kinds of exercise have a different impact on bp?

Do more. Clean up your diet, drink more water, and lift weights.

[Seriously-Dead]

How high is 'high'? And how often have you got it read?

Lots of doctors jump the gun and are willing to say you have high BP after only a single reading where you're only 10-20 above the average. It's best not to read into this too much if that's the case. Also keep in mind that BP is a relatively poor predictor of health outcomes when taken alone.

So I wouldn't fret over it too much if you haven't validated the BP reading by doing it daily, and/or don't have other signs of declining health too.

[Linds]

Originally Posted by Chernabog

Do more. Clean up your diet, drink more water, and lift weights.

Lifting weights is mostly what I do.

Originally Posted by Seriously-Dead

How high is 'high'? And how often have you got it read?

130 over 80

whenever the fuck i remember to check it.

[CPP]

Originally Posted by Linds

Lifting weights is mostly what I do.

Yes but did you read the [link] in my first post? I'm sorry if I hid it too well as it explains the answer to your original question better than I could.

Anaerobic exercise (lifting, HIIT), may actually increase your risk of a heart attack or stroke (especially when your heartrate is up) because it makes your heart even more swole than it already is.

Aerobic exercise makes your heart chambers and therefore stroke volume bigger, allowing your heart rate to be lower for the same amount of oxygen delivered (effort). This should reverse some of the concentric cardiac hypertrophy caused by hypertension. Also it's part of a balanced conditioning program and if done on an empty stomach a relatively easy way to keep the fat % down so three birds one stone. (four if fat is a factor in your hypertension).

[Pearse Shields]

Originally Posted by Linds

Lifting weights is mostly what I do.



130 over 80

whenever the fuck i remember to check it.

That's actually not too high at all.

[Boekind]

130/80 is not bad... increase cardio and ditch the salt and you should be fine.

[Linds]

Would almost 18% body fat be the cause of high bp or just another symptom of the kind of lifestyle that would lead to high bp?