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14-05-2008, 05:48 AM
Weight training is more beneficial then cardio training for lowering blood pressure.
Here is one study to confirm its benefits.
Progressive resistance exercise and resting blood pressure: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Kelley GA, Kelley KS Hypertension 2000 Mar;35(3):838-43.
A meta-analysis is an attempt to look at every quality study that addresses a particular subject. The pooling of data that occurs in a meta-analysis provides greater numbers of study subjects which gives more power to the study's conclusions. With thousands of study subjects, the probability that the study's results where due to chance alone become almost non-existent. The criteria to make it into this meta-analysis included: (1) trials that included a randomized nonexercise control group; (2) progressive resistance exercise as the only intervention; (3) adult humans; (4) journal articles, dissertations, and masters theses published in English-language literature; (5) studies published between January 1996 and December 1998; (6) resting systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure assessed; and (7) training studies lasting a minimum of 4 weeks. These criteria assured that only the best objective studies were included. The conclusion of this meta-analysis is "progressive resistance exercise is efficacious for reducing resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure in adults".
Here is one study to confirm its benefits.
Progressive resistance exercise and resting blood pressure: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Kelley GA, Kelley KS Hypertension 2000 Mar;35(3):838-43.
A meta-analysis is an attempt to look at every quality study that addresses a particular subject. The pooling of data that occurs in a meta-analysis provides greater numbers of study subjects which gives more power to the study's conclusions. With thousands of study subjects, the probability that the study's results where due to chance alone become almost non-existent. The criteria to make it into this meta-analysis included: (1) trials that included a randomized nonexercise control group; (2) progressive resistance exercise as the only intervention; (3) adult humans; (4) journal articles, dissertations, and masters theses published in English-language literature; (5) studies published between January 1996 and December 1998; (6) resting systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure assessed; and (7) training studies lasting a minimum of 4 weeks. These criteria assured that only the best objective studies were included. The conclusion of this meta-analysis is "progressive resistance exercise is efficacious for reducing resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure in adults".