How Much Can We Control Blood Pressure With Exercise

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Let me jus ask you, have you had your morning exercise today yet?

I wasn't much of a person that liked exercising until entering the pharmacy last two months and complaining of body weakness.

The first question the pharmacist asked me shocked me. He asked, do you exercise? And I said what does exercise have to do with pressure then he explained everything to me.

I actually thought that those that exercise are making their heart rate go way to fast that they might be the ones getting the high Blood pressure but it seemed to be the other way round.

It turns out that regular exercise is one of the best ways to prevent high blood pressure, Which most people will call, hypertension.

A recent study has shown us that staying active in your younger years can help protect you from hypertension later in life. When I figured this out, I started a daily morning exercise routine and I've got a couple of YouTubers that a basically fitness instructors I now follow.

We've realized through the same research that adults who do five hours of moderate exercise each week have a much lower risk of developing high blood pressure by age 60.

Then I asked myself this simple question, how many very fat or obsessed old folks do I know. The answer is little to none. And most of them died through heart failure and blood pressure related illness. It freaked me out to be honest and so nowadays I don't play with my workout time at all.

As people get older, exercise habits often decline. Life changes like starting a job or raising a family, make it harder to stay active. I remember being around 15 years old when my parents were the ones taking care of very bill. I could spend 3 hours working out at the backyard. Nowadays I had to create a strategic routine just to get one free hour for workout.

The unfortunate thing is that this drop in physical activity is linked to rising rates of hypertension for many people.

The study also highlights a racial gap in health. I don't know if I fully agree with that study though but apparently black men and women face higher rates of high blood pressure than their White peers and it is partly due to social and economic challenges which black people face a lot more of. I wouldn't go too much into that topic because somethings could sound a bit racist so I'll leave that to the experts.

The bottom line is that encouraging regular exercise, especially in young adults, could help close this gap and improve overall health for everyone regardless of your race.

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