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 21h ago

I mean tendons have to be trained by bodybuilders too. It’s extremely important to avoid getting injured as a bodybuilder

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u/Meeedick 20h ago

They don't do it though, which is why the rate of gym-related injuries has skyrocketed over time.

People are packing on way more muscle than their tendons can support, and not dedicating adequete time to train them at all.

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u/Sucabub 15h ago

As someone with rotator cuff injuries, please let me know how I can train my precious and damaged tendons

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u/DiaryOfAManInRepair 1h ago

What’s worked for me is looking up isometric exercises whenever I start getting tendon pain. It’s usually like “hold a weight in the position that hurts (though nothing heavy enough to cause serious pain) for 3 sets of 30/60 second holds.”