| Despite the fact that swimming is widely recommended for the prevention and treatment of hypertension, no study has examined the potential efficacy of regular swimming exercise for lowering blood pressure in hypertensive humans. To test the hypothesis that regular swimming exercise lowers resting blood pressure, previously-sedentary individuals with stage I to II hypertension were divided into a swim training (n = 12) and non-exercising control group (n = 6). The training group swam at 60% of maximal oxygen uptake for 45 minutes per day 3 days/week for 10 weeks whereas the control group remained sedentary. In the swim training group, systolic blood pressure fell from 150... |
