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Doctors offices are too casual when taking blood pressure so accuracy suffers. You need to be sitting rested/relaxed for 5 minutes before taking blood pressure. You should not have just had coffee or caffeine in the past hour. You need to not talk or move while it is being taken. You should not have to go to the restroom. Holding your urine to relieve yourself will raise your blood pressure. Your blood pressure changes thru out the day and is impacted by stress levels. It is best to take your blood pressure at home at the same time every day under controlled circumstances and track the results. Too many people have white coat hypertension just from going to the doctors office. Those with hypertension should be encouraged to address this with life style changes along with medication if that does not work. Doctors offices should tell people that lowering their weight thru diet and exercise may have the same result or better than medications. Nutrition and exercise education should be the first option in treatment.
I have had high blood pressure for years. Recently, my internist had me wear a blood pressure recording device for 24 hours, after which I was then determined to consume blood pressure medication, not a blood thinner. I'm never impressed with pharma solutions. Recently for a biopsy I was required to not be taking several things 10 days before the biopsy. Which I did, but personally also stopped taking the high blood pressure meds. I also decided to fast during that period, but then continued for a total 15 day fast. Checking my blood pressure since then twice a day for the past month at approximately the same times, I've been averaging 115/75. One thing which I removed from my diet is all sugars as well as all processed foods, read the labels to see how many additives/chemicals are in your food, including sausages and the like. 😂😂
@jaymorrison5895 yes, only water. Not difficult to do, for me at least. I've also gone as long as 30 days, but had a cocktail of water, lemon, cayenne pepper and grade C maple syrup which provides nutrients for our brain. Having something to eat never came into question.
My doctor has me check my bp at home once/twice per day for about a week before my appointment and includes those readings on my record. He knows my white coat hypertension is real. So after doing isometric wall sits for a couple of minutes, burning legs aren't the problem. The stopwatch timer is. It slows way down and dares me not to stare at it. I swear it even goes backwards sometimes... 😄😄😄
It is because when you do isometric holds, you are forced to flex your diaphragm. When you strengthen your diaphragm and learn to breathe with it, it has extra blood pressure benefits. Based on my research that reflux is caused by not using diaphragm, and reflux can lead to high blood pressure. Also wall sits are good for posture and trains muscles old people don’t use.
@@eclecticapoetica Hmmm interesting I didn’t know that connection. The one 2018 study in my previous comment calls out the vagus nerve “Consistent with previous studies, our study also showed that episodes of GER were more common in the nighttime, especially when supine. This could be because increases vagal activity at night, which can increase gastric acid production, delay esophageal clearance and reduce LES tension”
exactly! we don't use most of it, with bad posture and chest compression not using back side and because of regular paterns not using smaller side as well most of people "breath" with belly and shoulders... instead of actual breathing muscles and naturally not forcing it
I heard about some longevity & anatomy correlation research which resulted funnily: the people who lived longest had strongest... leg muscles. The explanation was they probably walk a lot so probably socialize more, geather resources, do sports... But now I see it more connected to lower blood pressure.
@@elduderino1329Is it false? When I was in college, my roommate and his gf were on the Cal ski team, and their coach had them doing wall-sits (as they were called) frequently. Has the wisdom evolved? If not wall-sits, what exercise is recommended for skiers?
@@meoao8829 I would agree partly. Legs are said to have 75% more blood vessels because they are farthest away from the heart. So if you build strong legs, you must be building a strong heart?
During exercise blood pressure increases dramatically. Wouldn't HIIT improve the speed at which your body is able to increase blood pressure? This is anecdotal but, prior to interval training my blood pressure at the doctor's office was mostly ok. After 18 months of HIT and HIIT, my blood pressure and heart rate measured much lower at home, but higher in the Doctor's office. Maybe 10 or 15 points higher. New doctor as well, so that's a confounder.
I did a massive essay on the effects of exercise on hypertension last year, and found a much larger average effect size for HIIT over about a dozen RCTs. -11.3 systolic and -7.1 diastolic. The studies in this video include way more RCTs than I did, but I'm surprised at these results. The primary research I used was pretty representative, as indicated by other systematic reviews and meta-analyses I've read. They didn't identify an effect size as big as I did, but they did all identify HIIT as the GOAT by a wide margin.
Isometric exercises are the most effective at occlusion of the muscle. This type of training induces increased vascularity to compensate. Such an increase would lessen the strain on the system as a whole, especially if it occurs in the large postural muscles of the legs... Just considering this from a slightly more mechanistic view point. I would be interested to see how other types of occlusion training compare
For anyone watching who needs to exercise to lower BP but ‘not for any other reason’ this is brilliant advice. For everyone else… I’m gonna go out on a limb and say combined or HIIT still tops the charts for total effort vs total benefit.
Please understand that these studies do NOT say that exactly and ONLY wall squats are best for reducing blood pressure. This is a common error in interpreting studies. They are only comparing the interventions that they actually included. For instance, a bodyweight isometric squat -- no wall -- was not included. We cannot conclude that wall squats are somehow better. Why does this matter? Because we do not know the fitness or strength of the study participants. It may be that wall squats are difficult for the majority of the participants. But what if wall squats are trivial for some individual? Will they still have the same benefit? What if amount of effort is important -- what if the intervention needs to elevate heart rate, for instance? In that case, a more effort-intensive exercise may be required, and the individual is wasting their time, for no benefit, by adding wall squats. We won't know until there is a study that splits on how much effort is required for the participants to perform the exercises, or fitness levels of the participants, or concrete measurements of effort required.
We have to do the best we can with the best current information. Or we could hold off until every possible permutation of exercise for every permutation of blood pressure range, gender, age, base fitness, morbidities etc. Good isn't the opposite of perfect.
I agree, but I would also caution against the "paralysis by analysis" effect. Yes, I very much doubt there is a magical effect of wall squats over other exercises, but we must admit they are often easy ro implement and may be adequate for many. I haven't read these studies, but he offers a sort of "rating of perceived exertion" guideline of 4 out of 10, over a 2' minute period, adjusting the height of the squat accordingly. That would cover the capacity of a lot of people. Off course all exercise prescription needs to be individualized (always seems to fall back to the fundamental principles of training) and would be nice to have more research on this topic that would cover different sub-groups, including the elderly, with different exercises, etc.
Well they called off that research after 3 years- see Vid . Do it at least a couple of times a week , grap a cheap grip device and do that a few more times a week. Even if fully close grip , squeeze as hard as possible, Double benefit like wall squat - strengthens muscles as well . Isometric exercise sends BP up high and shocks body, to make arteries etc more pliable and flexible etc . Same way HIIT shocks cardio system to maintain blood vessels to be ready when needed Your body will become as lazy as it needs . These interventions stop that - wall squats of blood flow and HIIT for blood vessels in muscles etc This is only one prong to lowering BP , what you eat , and what you weight affect it as well
I am taking several hypertension meds, and my blood pressure still is a problem. I was on a beta blocker. It improved my blood pressure quite a bit, but it slowed my pulse too much. I will try the squats, though I'm already exercising every day.
Is the perceived difficulty of an isometric wall-squat or other exercise an indicator of its efficacy in lowering blood pressure, as distinct from some other benefit, such as building strength? Apart from challenging ourselves, why is increasing isometric effort once we feel comfortable at a lower level of effort useful for helping our blood pressure?
I like doctors who recommend exercises. It's also in accordance with my own experience and many scientific studies that isometrics like e.g. Liebscher & Bracht are super effective in alleviating or even healing many health issues.
The study highlights the short terms effect of these exercises. However, i would assume as these groups were to continue these exercises regularly the differences in the effects of lowering bp will most likely even out, or the following exercises might supersede the effects of isometrics. what are your thoughts on this?
I have found that static holds keep the muscle under constant tension, unlike lifting and lowering in traditional weight training. It can be further enhanced by very, very slowly changing the angle of the position held. The wall squat, if done real slow, the burn is intense. What if you do not have a wall because you are on maneuvers? I guess you could use another colleague to act as a wall, so back to back.
So isometric exercises are best for healthy people with normal blood pressure to lower blood pressure? But aerobic exercises and isometric exercises are similarly beneficial for folks with high blood pressure?
A comparison of various blood pressure lowering medicines would also be appreciated; especially for those of us for which exercise alone doesn't lower blood pressure into the 120-130 range.
I'm having problems with that lower blood pressure. Maybe, at 49, 123 systolic is just too low? If I'm at about 135, I feel fine. Since one week I manage to keep it at 123-125, but I constantly have the feeling of falling over on every fast move... even when sneezing or coughing or just standing up from a chair.
diaphragm breathing exercise without shocking body, improving blood flow, reducing stress learning to persist in hard things successfully and patiently, improving core strength and spine stability, plus straightening back
If sub 120 is better, then why did the D.O.T. raise the systolic for OTR truck drivers from 140 to 150? Trucking companies certainly don't want to risk trucks, loads, and the public to increased chance of accidents caused by strokes and heart attacks. The real reason that 120 is being pushed is because it increases the size of the customer base that big pharna can sell their product to.
Please ! Tell us methods to raise blood pressure. My friend is 84 and has under 100/70. Me too (64) have always under 110/70. My record was 80/50. Whole life is a fight against falling asleep during work.
@felipearbustopotd no, my friend sleeps like a baby, and I have the problem that I always wake up at night sweating a lot. But I think it is a thyroid or liver problem. My father had also very low blood pressure, and my mother also felt much too warm. My friend has 25°Celsius in the sleeping room, and I suffer. I would like to have about 15 °. But I have very low bloodpressure since I was about 15 and had no other health issues. I really had problems not to fade away. In Germany there are a lot of people with this problem, especially girls, fading away in school, because they are forced to sit all the time.
The wall squats seem to work for me, but I find it difficult to fit them in on the busiest more stressful days. Incidentally, I also record lower BP overnight if i take Microvitamin before bed.
Ok, but at what point should you stop trying to lower BP? I guess 90 is considered too low, but if you're at 110 I assume you should leave well enough alone? 115? 120?
And how do you know 130 doesn't have the same benefits as 120? They only looked at 140 and 120, but there are a lot of values between. I say this because low blood pressure while sleeping has been implicated in Alzheimer's. If an older person is in the 120s, that may be better than pushing it down into the 110s or 100s. I just measured and mine is 124/71 though I just ate. I can't see why I would need a pill.
It's a bit different I think. You turn both your feet outwards by 45 degrees, which you wouldn't be doing for a regular squat. It's an absolutely gruelling exercise, so based on that fact alone if you can manage to do it it's great. It's safe to say I'm somewhere in the region of an average fifty something male and I can do this for around a minute, so I think most people can. Anyway I'm sold on the horse stance, and nothing stopping people from doing the wall squat and the horse stance. When I do the wall squat I was keeping my back to the wall however, unlike the woman in the picture. Just wondering how relevant is this.
You should get your sense of smell checked then. What do you think that big isometric exercise industries behind the studies? Do you know how to interpret a study? Did you ever look at any of the studies he linked? Or do you just like spout off stupid opinions that make you look like Your favorite flavor of crayon is green?
This person probably doesn't have a blood pressure problem naturally. Most of those of us with excellent blood pressure would either think "Just do what I do" or "its all a pile of hog wash" without considering that others need to actually work at it.
No question he knows his stuff but he wrings out every little bit of joy out of living, turning it into a humourless frantic exercise to be fit and healthy.
I have not been here for quite some time since unsubscribing, I see your still insisting on peddling your micro vitamin, which sharply reminded me why I left to begin with.... micro this!!!
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Doctors offices are too casual when taking blood pressure so accuracy suffers.
You need to be sitting rested/relaxed for 5 minutes before taking blood pressure.
You should not have just had coffee or caffeine in the past hour.
You need to not talk or move while it is being taken.
You should not have to go to the restroom. Holding your urine to relieve yourself will raise your blood pressure.
Your blood pressure changes thru out the day and is impacted by stress levels.
It is best to take your blood pressure at home at the same time every day under controlled circumstances and track the results.
Too many people have white coat hypertension just from going to the doctors office.
Those with hypertension should be encouraged to address this with life style changes along with medication if that does not work.
Doctors offices should tell people that lowering their weight thru diet and exercise may have the same result or better than medications.
Nutrition and exercise education should be the first option in treatment.
Absolutely! Yet the first thing they do is push you on to blood pressure medications. 💊 💊 💊
+ Feet on the floor, back supported, arm supported.
coffee lowers blood pressure because of duretic effects
@@szymonbaranowski8184 Drinking coffee constricts blood vessels leading to higher blood pressure.
BP @ dr's office = 148/85. BP @ home = 126 / 66.
I have had high blood pressure for years. Recently, my internist had me wear a blood pressure recording device for 24 hours, after which I was then determined to consume blood pressure medication, not a blood thinner. I'm never impressed with pharma solutions.
Recently for a biopsy I was required to not be taking several things 10 days before the biopsy. Which I did, but personally also stopped taking the high blood pressure meds. I also decided to fast during that period, but then continued for a total 15 day fast.
Checking my blood pressure since then twice a day for the past month at approximately the same times, I've been averaging 115/75.
One thing which I removed from my diet is all sugars as well as all processed foods, read the labels to see how many additives/chemicals are in your food, including sausages and the like. 😂😂
Awesome
Did you do a water only fast for 15 days? If so, that’s super impressive!
@jaymorrison5895 yes, only water. Not difficult to do, for me at least. I've also gone as long as 30 days, but had a cocktail of water, lemon, cayenne pepper and grade C maple syrup which provides nutrients for our brain. Having something to eat never came into question.
@ awesome job! Thanks for replying!
My doctor has me check my bp at home once/twice per day for about a week before my appointment and includes those readings on my record. He knows my white coat hypertension is real.
So after doing isometric wall sits for a couple of minutes, burning legs aren't the problem. The stopwatch timer is. It slows way down and dares me not to stare at it. I swear it even goes backwards sometimes... 😄😄😄
It is because when you do isometric holds, you are forced to flex your diaphragm. When you strengthen your diaphragm and learn to breathe with it, it has extra blood pressure benefits. Based on my research that reflux is caused by not using diaphragm, and reflux can lead to high blood pressure. Also wall sits are good for posture and trains muscles old people don’t use.
When you say reflux, do you mean acid reflux? What's the link between that, the diaphragm and raised BP?
It’s more likely to be connected to the vagus nerve, the parasympathetic and sympathetic responses.
@@eclecticapoetica Hmmm interesting I didn’t know that connection. The one 2018 study in my previous comment calls out the vagus nerve “Consistent with previous studies, our study also showed that episodes of GER were more common in the nighttime, especially when supine. This could be because increases vagal activity at night, which can increase gastric acid production, delay esophageal clearance and reduce LES tension”
exactly!
we don't use most of it, with bad posture and chest compression not using back side and because of regular paterns not using smaller side as well
most of people "breath" with belly and shoulders... instead of actual breathing muscles and naturally not forcing it
Wall squats are also the best exercise pre-snowboarding/skiing if you have weak legs.
False
I heard about some longevity & anatomy correlation research which resulted funnily: the people who lived longest had strongest... leg muscles. The explanation was they probably walk a lot so probably socialize more, geather resources, do sports... But now I see it more connected to lower blood pressure.
@@elduderino1329Is it false? When I was in college, my roommate and his gf were on the Cal ski team, and their coach had them doing wall-sits (as they were called) frequently. Has the wisdom evolved? If not wall-sits, what exercise is recommended for skiers?
@@meoao8829 I would agree partly. Legs are said to have 75% more blood vessels because they are farthest away from the heart. So if you build strong legs, you must be building a strong heart?
@@gungadin164I remember reading years ago that champion skier Franz Klammer used do to leg sits for hours and hours.....did him no harm! 👍
What I found most surprising was that HIIT didn't have a more pronounced effect on blood pressure.
i think we HIIT would have more pronounced effects on blood pressure if the trial were done over 4 weeks rather than a single session measurement.
It does
During exercise blood pressure increases dramatically. Wouldn't HIIT improve the speed at which your body is able to increase blood pressure?
This is anecdotal but, prior to interval training my blood pressure at the doctor's office was mostly ok.
After 18 months of HIT and HIIT, my blood pressure and heart rate measured much lower at home, but higher in the Doctor's office. Maybe 10 or 15 points higher. New doctor as well, so that's a confounder.
I did a massive essay on the effects of exercise on hypertension last year, and found a much larger average effect size for HIIT over about a dozen RCTs. -11.3 systolic and -7.1 diastolic. The studies in this video include way more RCTs than I did, but I'm surprised at these results. The primary research I used was pretty representative, as indicated by other systematic reviews and meta-analyses I've read. They didn't identify an effect size as big as I did, but they did all identify HIIT as the GOAT by a wide margin.
how long did the lower bp last though?
Isometric exercises are the most effective at occlusion of the muscle. This type of training induces increased vascularity to compensate. Such an increase would lessen the strain on the system as a whole, especially if it occurs in the large postural muscles of the legs...
Just considering this from a slightly more mechanistic view point. I would be interested to see how other types of occlusion training compare
I guess score one for the Horse Stance? It's like a wall squat but harder.
Thank you for this. Both interesting and helpful.
For anyone watching who needs to exercise to lower BP but ‘not for any other reason’ this is brilliant advice.
For everyone else… I’m gonna go out on a limb and say combined or HIIT still tops the charts for total effort vs total benefit.
Is this applicable to elderly people with hypertension?
Please understand that these studies do NOT say that exactly and ONLY wall squats are best for reducing blood pressure. This is a common error in interpreting studies. They are only comparing the interventions that they actually included. For instance, a bodyweight isometric squat -- no wall -- was not included. We cannot conclude that wall squats are somehow better. Why does this matter? Because we do not know the fitness or strength of the study participants. It may be that wall squats are difficult for the majority of the participants. But what if wall squats are trivial for some individual? Will they still have the same benefit? What if amount of effort is important -- what if the intervention needs to elevate heart rate, for instance? In that case, a more effort-intensive exercise may be required, and the individual is wasting their time, for no benefit, by adding wall squats. We won't know until there is a study that splits on how much effort is required for the participants to perform the exercises, or fitness levels of the participants, or concrete measurements of effort required.
We have to do the best we can with the best current information. Or we could hold off until every possible permutation of exercise for every permutation of blood pressure range, gender, age, base fitness, morbidities etc. Good isn't the opposite of perfect.
great points!
I agree, but I would also caution against the "paralysis by analysis" effect. Yes, I very much doubt there is a magical effect of wall squats over other exercises, but we must admit they are often easy ro implement and may be adequate for many.
I haven't read these studies, but he offers a sort of "rating of perceived exertion" guideline of 4 out of 10, over a 2' minute period, adjusting the height of the squat accordingly. That would cover the capacity of a lot of people.
Off course all exercise prescription needs to be individualized (always seems to fall back to the fundamental principles of training) and would be nice to have more research on this topic that would cover different sub-groups, including the elderly, with different exercises, etc.
That's an excellent video. Thanks so much. Kept engaged from beginning to ending.
It lowers BP, but is that LASTING, or just immediately after doing the exercise? Then it goes back up.
Well they called off that research after 3 years- see Vid . Do it at least a couple of times a week , grap a cheap grip device and do that a few more times a week. Even if fully close grip , squeeze as hard as possible, Double benefit like wall squat - strengthens muscles as well . Isometric exercise sends BP up high and shocks body, to make arteries etc more pliable and flexible etc . Same way HIIT shocks cardio system to maintain blood vessels to be ready when needed
Your body will become as lazy as it needs . These interventions stop that - wall squats of blood flow and HIIT for blood vessels in muscles etc
This is only one prong to lowering BP , what you eat , and what you weight affect it as well
I am taking several hypertension meds, and my blood pressure still is a problem. I was on a beta blocker. It improved my blood pressure quite a bit, but it slowed my pulse too much. I will try the squats, though I'm already exercising every day.
Regular bike riding in nature is my all time favorite, mixed with occasional weight lifting. My bp is really good.
Combination of lifting and cardiovascular. You have to elevate your heart rate or your not helping yourself. Lifting and cardio compliment each other.
Is the perceived difficulty of an isometric wall-squat or other exercise an indicator of its efficacy in lowering blood pressure, as distinct from some other benefit, such as building strength? Apart from challenging ourselves, why is increasing isometric effort once we feel comfortable at a lower level of effort useful for helping our blood pressure?
I like doctors who recommend exercises. It's also in accordance with my own experience and many scientific studies that isometrics like e.g. Liebscher & Bracht are super effective in alleviating or even healing many health issues.
HI what would benfit a person who has 100/60 BP from this exercise ?
Are you trying to lower your blood pressure? As you already well within a healthy range
@@tommyheadlocke7818 For maintenance purpose only ( as we age blood pressure rises)
Aiming for systolic below 120 .. is that applicable across all age level ? I am 54 asian male .Tq
Good question. Does gender matter, either? I'm not sure anyone over 50 has a BP of 120/80 or less...
Female, Aussie, 67 years. My BP is 114/59.
The study highlights the short terms effect of these exercises. However, i would assume as these groups were to continue these exercises regularly the differences in the effects of lowering bp will most likely even out, or the following exercises might supersede the effects of isometrics. what are your thoughts on this?
Please do more video on blood pressure meds
I have found that static holds keep the muscle under constant tension, unlike lifting and lowering in traditional weight training.
It can be further enhanced by very, very slowly changing the angle of the position held.
The wall squat, if done real slow, the burn is intense.
What if you do not have a wall because you are on maneuvers?
I guess you could use another colleague to act as a wall, so back to back.
Find a tree?
@@williamdahl3318 Tab hard when you are in the desert.
@@felipearbustopotd you and a buddy do them back-to-back with each other
@@Simon-talks Spot-on. Though it is best to remove any webbing first.
I use the inside of a door frame works
As a former speedskater I could do it for over an hour....
Are these exrecises leading to an acute lowering of the blood pressure or is the effect more chronic?
So isometric exercises are best for healthy people with normal blood pressure to lower blood pressure? But aerobic exercises and isometric exercises are similarly beneficial for folks with high blood pressure?
if you don't train your breathing pattern and diaphragm exercise won't change much... it may even amplify bad patterns
So precisely how long, and how often, should these squats be? Reps? Sets?
2min hold x 4 . 1 min rests. Performed 3x a week
@Fab666. - my quads don't even manage one, let alone four. Next....
I would think practicing the horse stance would have the same effect as wall squats.
Reminds me of how the ability to stand up from the floor is correlated with lower mortality risk
More exercise snacks and less scooby snacks
A comparison of various blood pressure lowering medicines would also be appreciated; especially for those of us for which exercise alone doesn't lower blood pressure into the 120-130 range.
I'm having problems with that lower blood pressure. Maybe, at 49, 123 systolic is just too low? If I'm at about 135, I feel fine. Since one week I manage to keep it at 123-125, but I constantly have the feeling of falling over on every fast move... even when sneezing or coughing or just standing up from a chair.
Dr. Stanfield, how can my old father who need a walker should make this exercise ? The pictures only show young and fit people.
Could he use the walker for support and just hold a squat position to whatever level he can get to?
@ I‘ afraid he can‘t do any form of squats because of his knees ☹️
Yes me too can't squat
I don’t understand how wall sits would lower BP. I would like to understand how that works.
Watch the video
magic
diaphragm breathing exercise without shocking body, improving blood flow, reducing stress learning to persist in hard things successfully and patiently, improving core strength and spine stability, plus straightening back
How many times and how often to do wall squats ?
I guess that depends on the individual.
If sub 120 is better, then why did the D.O.T. raise the systolic for OTR truck drivers from 140 to 150?
Trucking companies certainly don't want to risk trucks, loads, and the public to increased chance of accidents caused by strokes and heart attacks. The real reason that 120 is being pushed is because it increases the size of the customer base that big pharna can sell their product to.
You haven't read the scientific evidence have you? Or even watched this video to the end.
What about the health paradox?HP, cholesterol, and more where just higher than recommended range has lower all cause death?
thx
Please ! Tell us methods to raise blood pressure. My friend is 84 and has under 100/70. Me too (64) have always under 110/70. My record was 80/50. Whole life is a fight against falling asleep during work.
Do you suffer from sleep apnea?
@felipearbustopotd no, my friend sleeps like a baby, and I have the problem that I always wake up at night sweating a lot. But I think it is a thyroid or liver problem. My father had also very low blood pressure, and my mother also felt much too warm. My friend has 25°Celsius in the sleeping room, and I suffer. I would like to have about 15 °. But I have very low bloodpressure since I was about 15 and had no other health issues. I really had problems not to fade away. In Germany there are a lot of people with this problem, especially girls, fading away in school, because they are forced to sit all the time.
@uschiuschi3232 Cheers for the reply.
Wow exactly the opposite of what I would expect. I wonder if walking briskly is just as effective as running.
Do all of it. ❤❤❤
The wall squats seem to work for me, but I find it difficult to fit them in on the busiest more stressful days. Incidentally, I also record lower BP overnight if i take Microvitamin before bed.
2 min wall squat, 2 min rest....repeat 3 times = 12 mins. Just do it....
What are you doing for that micro vitamin and what are you reading? Thank you if you can explain it all. I'm interested..
You didn't say how much to do.
You didn't say how much you need to lower your BP
You only have two studies. It takes a lot of studies before you start to get a trusted and well tested answer.
You only need one study if it gives you the right answer !
Cycling?
Ok, but at what point should you stop trying to lower BP? I guess 90 is considered too low, but if you're at 110 I assume you should leave well enough alone? 115? 120?
But for how long did it lower the blood pressure? If it is only for a few minutes it is only a party trick.
There is no best, everyone different
I missed the part where a single exercise can reduce sBP by 30 points like in the thumbnail. Surely this isn't clickbait!
And how do you know 130 doesn't have the same benefits as 120? They only looked at 140 and 120, but there are a lot of values between. I say this because low blood pressure while sleeping has been implicated in Alzheimer's. If an older person is in the 120s, that may be better than pushing it down into the 110s or 100s. I just measured and mine is 124/71 though I just ate. I can't see why I would need a pill.
I can wait five minutes and lower my blood pressure 12 units
We are not homeostatic, but self regulating organisms.
Horse-stance in QiGong & Kung-Fu practice will accomplish this. Certain yoga exercises emphasize iso-tension in order to relax. It makes sense.
They need to include stretching
Horse stance should be just as effective
Sounds like breathing response to physical stress is at play.
Lower blood pressure through exercise not drugs.
Wall squats? Who knew?
I will tell you what is *BETTER* than a wall squat. That would be doing a karate exercise called the *HORSE STANCE.*
That's just a wall squat without the wall...
It's a bit different I think. You turn both your feet outwards by 45 degrees, which you wouldn't be doing for a regular squat. It's an absolutely gruelling exercise, so based on that fact alone if you can manage to do it it's great. It's safe to say I'm somewhere in the region of an average fifty something male and I can do this for around a minute, so I think most people can.
Anyway I'm sold on the horse stance, and nothing stopping people from doing the wall squat and the horse stance.
When I do the wall squat I was keeping my back to the wall however, unlike the woman in the picture. Just wondering how relevant is this.
use "Crane Technique"
Isnt the pulse pressure more important?❤
How about how the guy on the video looks like AI. He looks, sounds and moves like a bot.
Age not even mentioned....🤔 No way a 70 yr old can their BP down to a 20 year olds....
The women in the video is not doing the wall sit correctly.
I think I would rather have high blodd pressure than do wall sits
I want one to fix my back 😮
Horse stance
Smells like bullshit - from someone who does all these types of exercise
Stop doing them and see how your blood pressure skyrockets! Hope that helps
Yeah the mafia of isometrics and the big wall squad pharma is behind this conspiracy
You should get your sense of smell checked then. What do you think that big isometric exercise industries behind the studies? Do you know how to interpret a study? Did you ever look at any of the studies he linked? Or do you just like spout off stupid opinions that make you look like Your favorite flavor of crayon is green?
This person probably doesn't have a blood pressure problem naturally. Most of those of us with excellent blood pressure would either think "Just do what I do" or "its all a pile of hog wash" without considering that others need to actually work at it.
No question he knows his stuff but he wrings out every little bit of joy out of living, turning it into a humourless frantic exercise to be fit and healthy.
Lower blood pressure: eat steak and eggs. Cut out grain and sugars.
Plz study more ...and then maybe I'll exercise 😊
I just eat a whole plant diet. Keeps cholesterol and in turn blood pressure low.
Blood pressure is driven by much more than just diet and cholesterol.
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Low cholesterol damages your brain over time. Dementia is guaranteed if a vegan lives long enough.
@@Breezeyogi It works. Try it.
@Fearzero I have.
I have not been here for quite some time since unsubscribing, I see your still insisting on peddling your micro vitamin, which sharply reminded me why I left to begin with.... micro this!!!
Not sure if you are aware that he is using the sales of his micro vitamin to fund his Rapamycin and exercise study. He's not doing it to get rich.
Fasting, is the fastest way!