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2. Isometric exercise - Wikipedia

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   An isometric exercise is an exercise involving the static contraction of a muscle without any visible movement in the angle of the joint. The term "isometric" combines the Greek words isos (equal) and -metria (measuring), meaning that in these exercises the length of the muscle and the angle of the joint do not change, though contraction ...

3. Plank (exercise) - Wikipedia

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   A study in British Journal of Sports Medicine of 270 trials found that isometric exercises which involve engaging muscles without movement, such as wall sits and planks, were more effective than other types of exercise for reducing blood pressure. [9]

4. Blood pressure is best lowered by 2 exercises, study finds - AOL

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   Isometric exercises can be done with weights or without, just relying on the body’s own weight. “Overall, isometric exercise training is the most effective mode in reducing both systolic and ...

5. Dynamic Tension - Wikipedia

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   Dynamic Tension is a self-resistance exercise method which pits muscle against muscle. The practitioner tenses the muscles of a given body part and then moves the body part against the tension as if a heavy weight were being lifted. Dynamic Tension exercises are not merely isometrics, since they call for movement.

6. These movement-free exercises can lower blood pressure ... - AOL

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   The Mayo Clinic points out that certain types of static or isometric exercises using just body weight have significant benefits. These movement-free exercises can lower blood pressure, study finds ...

7. This is the best exercise to lower blood pressure, study finds

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   It’s not clear why isometric exercises are so effective, but it appears to be linked to the unique physiological response to a static muscle contraction, says Jamie Edwards, the lead study author.

8. Imaginary chair - Wikipedia

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   Wall sitting primarily builds isometric strength and endurance in glutes, calves, quadriceps, hamstrings, and adductor muscles. A study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine of 270 trials found that isometric exercises which involve engaging muscles without movement, such as wall sits and planks, were more effective than other types of exercise for reducing blood pressure.

9. Bullworker - Wikipedia

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   In the early 1960s, Gert F. Kölbel used and enhanced the devices of Pons and Chapman to create the Tensolator which became the Bullworker, a portable home fitness device and the seven second isometric exercise principle for the fastest strength gains, using both contraction and extension movements involving range of motion for all the major ...