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Nrublik

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Vigorous Excercise And High Blood Pressure Posted: 08-14-06 11:24am


Vigorous excercise and high blood pressure posted: 08-14-06 11:17am ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------- i am male, 44 in excellent physical condition. I was diagnosed with slightly elevated bp and was experiencing heart flutters. Stress test had me at 95%. I take 25mg of toporal daily. My question is how does the excercise effect the bp - short and long term. By vigorous I mean 5-6 miles at a 7 or 8 minute mile pace. Sprints, stairmaster 45 minutes at level 10-11/ i have worked out this hard 5-6 times per week for 25+ years. Am I helping or hurting? Can this damage the heart?

redleaven

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Vigorous Excercise Posted: 12-09-06 14:29pm


The heart is a mussel and like any other mussel except the penius, it will enlarge with exercise. It is common for men who have exercised that much over the years to have enlarged heart and thickened heart walls. The heart now has to push more blood to more mussel in a body with lower metabolism. This requires the blood pressure to elevate.

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