This type of exercise is surprisingly good at lowering blood pressure
by Gretchen Reynolds · Australian Financial ReviewGretchen Reynolds
Nov 6, 2026 – 5.00am
If it feels like current events are conspiring to raise your blood pressure, now might be a good time to go sit against a wall for a few minutes.
In a new study, several minutes of wall sits – also called wall squats – three times a week effectively lowered people’s blood pressures over time. Those gains lingered even if people cut back to doing only a few wall sits once or twice a week.
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