High blood pressure is often hard to control without medication. But there's some new research that shows certain isometric exercises (contracting muscles without movement) can help prevent and reduce high blood pressure, or hypertension.

A study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine and summarized by CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/health/exercises-for-blood-pressure-squats-planks-wellness/index.html) showed that isometric exercises like wall squats and planks may be best for lowering blood pressure. Both exercises can be modified, and then progressed.

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Lower Your Blood Pressure With Simple Exercises!
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00:00 – Lowering Blood Pressure with Isometric Exercises
00:36 – Isometric Exercises Explained
02:00 – Modified Plank
02:40 – Plank
03:28 – Modified Wall Sit
05:02 – Wall Sit

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