Probably not because high blood pressure typically doesn’t have any symptoms. Sorry, trick question. That’s why we need to routinely measure our blood pressure!
And yet…. this is a problem because it means that often the first people learn about it is when they sustain some vascular injury as a result (stroke, heart attack, kidney disease, etc)
What IS high blood pressure?
Well, a US survey found, in answer to a multiple choice question on the topic:
- 25% believed that anything under 140/90 was fine
- 18% considered 130/90 to be the threshold
- 16% thought it was 140/80
- 13% got it right, at 130/80
We should aim for 120/80.
But did you know that 120/79 qualifies as elevated blood pressure?
Incidentally, the best workout to lower high blood pressure is isometric exercises (i.e. exercises where you hold a position without moving, such as wall sits or abdominal planks).
There’s always something new to learn!
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