Everybody now plank and wall squat!
(Least it isn't burpees.
)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66303982
Strength-training exercises such as wall squats or holding the plank position are among the best ways to lower blood pressure, a study suggests.
Current guidance focusing mainly on walking, running and cycling should be updated, the UK researchers say.
Analysis, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, of trials involving 16,000 people found all exercise lowered high blood pressure.
But wall squats and planking led to) larger falls than aerobic exercise.
These isometric exercises are designed to build strength without moving muscles or joints.
The plank position, which resembles a press-up, with elbows directly beneath shoulders, legs stretched out behind, strengthens the abdomen.
Isometric exercises place a very different stress on the body to aerobic exercise, says study author Dr Jamie O'Driscoll, from Canterbury Christ Church University.
"They increase the tension in the muscles when held for two minutes, then cause a sudden rush of blood when you relax," he says.
"This increases the blood flow, but you must remember to breathe."
(Least it isn't burpees.
)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66303982
Strength-training exercises such as wall squats or holding the plank position are among the best ways to lower blood pressure, a study suggests.
Current guidance focusing mainly on walking, running and cycling should be updated, the UK researchers say.
Analysis, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, of trials involving 16,000 people found all exercise lowered high blood pressure.
But wall squats and planking led to) larger falls than aerobic exercise.
These isometric exercises are designed to build strength without moving muscles or joints.
The plank position, which resembles a press-up, with elbows directly beneath shoulders, legs stretched out behind, strengthens the abdomen.
Isometric exercises place a very different stress on the body to aerobic exercise, says study author Dr Jamie O'Driscoll, from Canterbury Christ Church University.
"They increase the tension in the muscles when held for two minutes, then cause a sudden rush of blood when you relax," he says.
"This increases the blood flow, but you must remember to breathe."
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