{
  "id": 10799970,
  "title": "A weekly session of isometric exercise training may maintain lower blood pressure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/a-weekly-session-of-isometric-exercise-training-may-maintain-lower",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-29T22:30:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-weekly-session-isometric-blood-pressure.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A recent study published in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine suggests that weekly sessions of isometric exercise training may help maintain lower blood pressure over short periods. The research involved 100 adults with normal to high-normal systolic blood pressure who were randomly assigned to different groups performing home-based lower-body isometric exercise training. After four weeks, all groups that completed the initial program showed significant reductions in blood pressure compared to a control group. However, once the groups were separated at four weeks, there was no longer a statistically significant difference in diastolic blood pressure for any of the groups. At eight weeks, those who exercised once or twice a week maintained significant reductions in systolic blood pressure and mean arterial pressure, but not diastolic pressure, compared to the control group. Those who continued isometric exercise training three times a week maintained their blood pressure reductions and achieved the greatest reduction.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}