How just FIVE minutes of exercise a day could lower blood pressure and help to stave off heart problems By Katie Pickles Health Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 00:24, 7 November 2024 | Updated: 00:59, 7 November 2024 e-mail View comments Just five minutes of exercise a day can lower blood pressure and help to stave off heart problems, research has found. Adding short bursts of exercise to your daily routine - such as taking the stairs or cycling - can reduce readings. Experts say that small tweaks to lifestyle, like swapping five minutes of watching TV for five minutes of running, is enough to significantly boost heart health.
The findings suggest that activities which raise the heart rate, like dancing, running or even cleaning rigorously, have the biggest benefits. Researchers from University College London (UCL) and the University of Sydney studied 14,761 people who wore activity trackers to analyse the relationship between daily movement and blood pressure. Over the 24 hours, on average people spent around seven hours asleep, ten hours in sedentary behaviour such as sitting, three hours standing, one hour slow walking, one hour fast walking, and 16 minutes taking exercise that increased their heart rate such as running and cycling.
Just five minutes of exercise a day can lower blood pressure and help to stave off heart problems, research has found (File image) Adding short bursts of exercise to your daily routine - such as taking the stairs or cycling - can reduce re.
