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Wall squats four weeks a week lowered blood pressure in study

Original: Four weeks of wall squats (4 bouts, 3x/week) reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP), and mean arterial press

A reported exercise protocol of wall squats — four bouts, three times per week for four weeks — reduced systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and mean arterial pressure. Improvements continued in subsequent weeks with the three-times-weekly schedule, while a lower frequency did not sustain the benefit, suggesting three sessions a week is the minimum effective dose.

Why now: People are interested in a simple, no-equipment isometric exercise shown to lower blood pressure.

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• Four weeks of wall squats (4 bouts, 3x/week) reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP), and mean arterial pressure. Further improvement was seen in following weeks with the 3x/week protocol, but not for a lower frequency. The 3x/week seems the minimum for sustained… · rdnielsen@floss.social

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