October 10, 2013 by Agency Reporter
Working
out at work isn’t enough: Even if you have a physically demanding job,
it’s your off-hours fitness that keeps your blood pressure in check,
says new Chinese research.
In the study, people who exercised
between 1 and 3 hours a week had an 11 percent lower risk for high blood
pressure than those who logged less than an hour. But the researchers
didn’t find a link between active jobs and reduced BP.
Why? Manual labor often requires
repetitive motion, which stresses only certain body parts or small
muscle groups and can cause injury. But recreational exercise often
works multiple muscle groups, which ramps up your heart rate for the
whole-body metabolic boost needed to fight hypertension, according to
the study.
So whether you have a desk job or one
that requires physical work, staying active in your time off is the key
to reducing your risk. Beat from the daily grind? Try one of these six
quick, stress-relieving workouts to keep your job strain (and BP) under
control.
• Source: menshealth.com
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