The First Step on your Road to Fitness — From Douglasville Personal Trainer Dave Hansey
The first step in a new or changing fitness routine is a visit to your doctor. What? Yep — your doctor will probably jump for joy.. But he will also tell you if your blood pressure is normal — this is a critical piece if you are going to start working out.
People with hypertension need to modify how they do both cardio and strength training. You can’t just jump into any group fitness class if you have high blood pressure. You need to take special precautions before you do. The main thing is a modification in your heart rate calculation but also people with high blood pressure usually cannot do isometric — so no HOLDING weights in a load bearing fashion.
BUT — that said – the only person that can tell you what YOUR limitations are is YOUR DOCTOR.
So don’t be lazy — go to the doctor and then you can get to the gym and work out SAFELY!
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