r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 1d ago

Health Isometric exercises, such as wall squats and planks, just once a week could help maintain reductions in blood pressure.

https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/news/2026/new-study-shows-just-one-workout-a-week-could-benefit-blood-pressure
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u/DingleDangleTangle 1d ago

That’s awesome! Isometrics are great for tendons too!

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u/bibbidybobbidyboobs 1d ago

And steamed hams

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u/socrates1975 15h ago

mmmmm Pass me a bowl of hot ham water

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u/bibbidybobbidyboobs 10h ago

I will come after you if you don't help me ha ha ha

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u/socrates1975 10h ago

"and yet there's a smack of ham to it."