A brand new study compared 5 different types of exercise for lowering blood pressure. The results are surprising.

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References:
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2023/07/02/bjsports-2022-106503.info

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0:00 5 exercises compared
1:30 Best exercise categories for systolic blood pressure
2:19 Best exercise categories for diastolic blood pressure
2:43 Best workouts for Blood pressure lowering
3:50 Bottomline
4:10 Example protocol

29 Comments

  1. Awesome video! I would have believed isometrics to be down the list. I partake in all the other types of exercises in various forms but will now include a couple of isometrics.

  2. incredible. i would say with my background and experience i would be able to guess this, but not even close, my order was essentially reserved lol

  3. Just be careful with HIIT, as it may negatively impact the heart valves. If you suffers from aortic aneurism, avoid isometric exercise because it may increase quite a lot the blood pressure,

  4. Oomph! The study itself is very complex to even read, much less to examine the specific exercise protocols for common errors and fallacies in context of the results. For example, most studies of “cycling” are with ppl riding around the block on Sunday afternoon, not even commuting with a time/speed/effort limit, nor training with specific workout goals. Similarly, the setup for a quality resistance set involves the “punch in the gut” and isometric holds just prior to doing the primary resistance moves. Criticisms of this article along these lines may lead to throwing out the meta analysis and systematic review, and starting afresh with a batch of sport-specific high performance protocol workouts.

  5. Dear Sir, I agree with everything you had mentioned but how does these translate for the entire day? Meaning you will get some relief for a few hours based on any form of working out will the numbers for DIA or S be low for the entire day?

  6. Dang – That was one of the MOST CONCISE presentations of USEFUL INFORMATION I've ever seen by a YouTube Creator – especially on the topic of 'Lowering Blood Pressure'. Outstanding, Dr. Gil!

  7. The Bullworker is my favourite isometric workout device. Tons of science to back it up but the secret is you need to use it consistently. I’m not affiliated in any way apart from having one when I was 17 and I just bought a new one this year at 66.

  8. That was soooo counter-intuitive. I would imagine isometrics would increase BP because it "feels" more intense to hold.
    This is why scientific studies are more important than what "common sense".

  9. Seems a bit hard to believe that isometrics are that good. Number 1 for both systolic and diastolic. Red lights going off and questioning methodology. Then look at the actual exercises and running is actually number one for diastolic. So yeah, I'll take those conclusions with a whole lot of salt.

  10. Every 2 years I got to pass my dot physical. Which means 140/90 or less.

    Best thing I've figured out is extremely fast walking, maybe 4 or 5 miles, and some home made aerobic stuff as often as possible in the week prior. Always seems to work.

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