Strength Training Normalizes Resting Blood Pressure in 65‐ to 73‐Year‐Old Men and Women with High Normal Blood Pressure

Abstract

Six months of heavy resistance ST may reduce resting BP in older persons. According to the latest guidelines from the Joint National Committee for the Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of Hypertension, the changes in resting BP noted in the present study represent a shift from the high normal to the normal category.