Just wanted to share this article with other swimmers. Please see "EFFECTS OF SWIMMING TRAINING ON BLOOD PRESSURE AND VASCULAR FUNCTION IN ADULTS > 50 YEARS OF AGE. The link to an abstract of the article is: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.../22244035 :)
Effects of Swimming Training on Blood Pressure and Vascular Function... ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Good news but the positive effects would probably have been evident in jogging, bicycling or another form of steady state sub - maximal aerobic activity. A better study would have been to compare different activities to each other. What this study says basically is that swimming is preferable to doing nothing.
Quite right. From the abstract:
However, there is very little information available concerning the effects of regular swimming exercise on vascular risks.
You know, except for all of the research on other forms of exercise. Why would we expect swimming to be different?
Good news but the positive effects would probably have been evident in jogging, bicycling or another form of steady state sub - maximal aerobic activity. A better study would have been to compare different activities to each other. What this study says basically is that swimming is preferable to doing nothing.
Quite right. From the abstract:
However, there is very little information available concerning the effects of regular swimming exercise on vascular risks.
You know, except for all of the research on other forms of exercise. Why would we expect swimming to be different?
