| A study from Johns Hopkins shows that people | | | | very heavy weights.People with normal resting |
| who develop very high blood pressure during | | | | blood pressures who develop very high blood |
| exercise are the ones most likely to develop high | | | | pressure during exercise are the ones most likely |
| blood pressure in later years (American Journal of | | | | to develop high blood pressure later on. If your |
| Hypertension, April 2004.) These people have | | | | blood pressure rises much above 200 during |
| arteries that do not expand as much as normal | | | | running, you are at increased risk for developing |
| arteries when blood is pumped to them.When | | | | high blood pressure.Ninety percent of Americans |
| your heart beats, it squeezes blood from inside its | | | | will develop high blood pressure, which increases |
| chambers to the large arteries. This sudden bolus | | | | risk for heart attacks, strokes, kidney damage |
| of blood causes normal arteries to expand like | | | | and sudden death. High blood pressure usually |
| balloons do when they fill with air. The walls of | | | | occurs in people who have normal blood pressures |
| arteries have sensors that allow arteries to | | | | when they were young. If you have an |
| expand with each pulse of blood. If the arteries | | | | exaggerated blood pressure rise during exercise, |
| do not expand enough when blood enters them, | | | | you should go on a heart attack prevention |
| blood pressure can rise very high. Blood pressure | | | | program that includes a diet that is high in plants |
| is determined by the force of the heart's | | | | and low in saturated fats and refined |
| contraction times the resistance in the blood | | | | carbohydrates, regular exercise, losing weight if |
| vessels. Normal blood pressure is 120 when the | | | | you are overweight, not smoking, and avoiding |
| heart contracts and 80 when it relaxes. During | | | | stimulants and drugs that raise blood |
| exercise, the heart beats with increased force to | | | | pressure.Gabe Mirkin, M.D. |
| raise blood pressure. It is normal for blood | | | | on high blood pressureDASH diet to control blood |
| pressure to rise up to 200 over 80 during running, | | | | pressure. |
| and to 300 over 200 while doing a leg press with | | | | |