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What's the point of taking your blood pressure if doing any of these things causes significant variance? I'm not meditating at home or out and about all day. So
by from-nibly 2y ago
What's the point of taking your blood pressure if doing any of these things causes significant variance? I'm not meditating at home or out and about all day. So why does it matter what my blood pressure is in one single state? What if I'm in an elevated state all the time? What if I never am? It makes it really hard to believe that blood pressure readings are anything more than nonsense.
- arcticbull 2y agoIf you're doing a double leg press (especially in conjunction with a Valsalva maneuver) you can get an instant BP reading as high as 320/250. If that's your idle BP then you're not long for this world lol. If your BP - measured in a specific and consistent set of conditions - is elevated vs baseline then you are at an increased risk for a set of medical conditions. Researchers could have picked any set of conditions to establish that baseline but I assume that idle is easier to standardize on than e.g. double leg press with 3 RIR. It's not which condition per se but rather that it's the condition researchers aligned on and studied. The problem is that if the risk is established based on your deviation from the baseline, then you must be measured in the same conditions under which the baseline was established otherwise the results don't mean much if anything at all.
- crazygringo 2y agoThe idea, in theory, is to measure your "minimum" or baseline blood pressure. That your activities throughout the day add variable amounts to the baseline but never go below it. It is a very good question though -- some people have activities/jobs/lifestyles where their BP is significantly elevated all the time. So surely you would think that must matter?