It turns out that doing simple isometric exercises, including wall sits, naturally and effectively lowers blood pressure. In fact out of multiple forms of physical activity, isometric exercise came out on top as “the most effective mode in reducing both systolic and diastolic blood pressure”
And not even a lot of time is needed. Its estimated that only eight minutes of isometric training three times a week may be enough to significantly lower blood pressure
Examples of isometric exercises are; wall squats, planks, glute bridges and overhead holds, which are easy to do almost anywhere.
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