I take a low dose of Lisinopril to keep by BP in the 120s.
However, when I vigorously exercise in the morning I MUST forgo BP meds to keep my BP above 100.
And the vigorous exercise ALONE will keep in the 120s vs the 150s.
I must say again...vigorous.
30mins of heart rate at 70+%, and 80+% is better. Or, HIIT for 17mins with top HR of 154.
I'm 63yrs old. And fit again.
Sun exposure cuts blood pressure.
Yes, it would!
Mine would go to ‘0’, cause it would kill me!..................
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My BP soared one day in 2017. I stopped smoking, cold turkey, and improved my diet. My BP went from my rock-solid 120/80 to 215/180. I was almost hospitalized.
I started running every morning, then hitting it up with an hour on a bowflex / free weights. My initial lisonopril was 40mg. I’m down to 5.
Since my workout room is in a 3 season room, and I packed it up to move, I’ve not exercised in little over a month. Plus it’s cold as hell to run (My knee surgery doesn’t help).
Excuses, excuses.. I know. But I’m doubling my lisonopril to 10 everyday because my BP is going back up. Exercise works.
I agree with this completely, based on personal experience.
When my BP was marginally high before a doctor appointment (because for the week or two prior I was “bad” with potato chips, salty popcorn, etc), I could *easily* knock it down to decent levels with some extra heart-pumping exercise sometime during the day prior to the appointment.
Bump for later.
Glad Lisinopril works for you. Got it prescribed to me a couple of years ago, 3 doses later I was in the ER with vertigo. Funny how meds can affect people so differently.
Also, IMO diet plays a large role in BP management. Just my 2 cent.
Being the proverbial 90 pound weakling and smoking for 45 years, I survived a repair of a ruptured ascending aorta aneurysm 5 years ago and a bout of endocarditis last year requiring replacement of my artificial plumbing last year. I started/continued cardiac rehab after my last surgery. The benefits have been building some strength and stamina plus regaining the ability to sleep. 45 minutes of exercise three times a week has given me a chance of not being a complete cardiac cripple. My heart is so damaged I will never be off meds or gain a true measure of fitness, but the exercise regimen allows me to play with my grandson.
Unless they have CNN on at your gym.
In my case, “vigorous” is defined as “falling out of bed and staggering to the bathroom”.
I’m 56 and prefer negative snatches
Blood pressure in my family runs so low that when I joined the military in 1966, the doctor had to take it three or four times to see if I was really alive.
Today it is still so low I eat lots of salt just to get it up.
Anyone with Type 2 diabetes should exercise 30 minutes a day or more since it burns sugar after the first 15 minutes. Therefore, you’d be helping both at the same time. By exercise, I mean a moderate walk is plenty. It is not necessary to tire oneself out.
Exercise also increases activity in your brain making you less susceptible to depression.
For those who are obese or have chronically sore knees/ankles/feet, I recommend spending the exercise in a swimming pool where the water supports your weight and puts less stress on your legs to hold you up. You can burn calories just by walking on the bottom of the pool but using your arms to actually swim is also good.
Sex works.
I’m going the other direction with it.
I have a theory that a body has only so many moves in it before the warranty is up and it quits.
So, I’m staying as still as possible and letting the drugs control the variables like blood pressure and whatnot.
I should live forever.
Don’t exercise..but stay active.
Oh, and eat and drink whatever you want ..just dont have more than a serving.
Let me testify...
I met with my buddies at the Tea Party for breakfast to confront the fat fascists at SEIU.
These jellyfish boys in the federal bureaucracy are much faster than we thought and it took us two minutes to corner these rolling blobs of slobs. They started bawling and screaming for the cops to come rescue them, which reduced our blood pressure to a perfect 120/80.
Yep - I’m 66 and except for several short interludes have never stopped exercising. Keep a treadmill and other exercise equipment in the spare bedroom “gym” and usually do my exercises after being up for about 2-3 hours. Treadmill usually goes for 45-60 minutes at 75%-85%...gotta keep fighting off that old age...wife is 69 and walks about 50 minutes 5-6 days a week and is vibrantly energetic.