How does exercise help to lower blood pressure?

Answer 1

Brisk walking, swimming, cycling, jogging, playing a team sport such as football or hockey, dancing and tennis are all activities that will help you to strengthen you heart and lungs (cardiovascular system). It is this kind of actively that can help you to lower your blood pressure. Because of excercises the blood circulation improves and inturn the pressure comes down.

As well as these kinds of activities you should also include activity that strengthens your muscles and helps you to stay supple and flexible. These kinds of activities might include climbing stairs, walking uphill, yoga, pilates, and gardening. Doing a range of activities will stop you from getting bored and help to keep you motivated.

Some people use a pedometer, or step counter, and aim to do 10,000 steps every day. This can be a good way to set yourself goals and targets and helps you to become aware of how much (or how little) you are doing every day.Avoid lifting weights and very vigorous sports such as squash if you have high blood pressure. If you are very overweight, have a heart or breathing condition or have not been active for a long time, check with your doctor before starting a new exercise routine.-

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Answer 2

There are two ways that I can think of
first improving over all health/aiding in weight loss
second if your are doing a relaxing/enjoyable to you exercise it has a calming effect taking your mind off the problems that probably contributed to the stress that helped get you the high blood pressure to begin with,