https://padlet.com/cgritton36/p5vmzoxbhg9i An experiment by Cole Gritton en-us 2019-03-18 02:21:43 UTC 2026-01-02 10:30:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Doubleheart.png cgritton36 https://padlet.com/cgritton36/p5vmzoxbhg9i/wish/342221124 2019-03-18 02:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cgritton36/p5vmzoxbhg9i/wish/342221124 cgritton36 https://padlet.com/cgritton36/p5vmzoxbhg9i/wish/342221195
Blood pressure has a large impact on our health as we age, and is a good indicator of overall health. I consider myself decently healthy, however, I have pretty high blood pressure for my age. A regular exercise routine is one of the easiest ways to lower blood pressure over time, but what affect does it have on blood pressure immediately? In this experiment I will find out, but my hypothesis is that my blood pressure will be the highest right when I get back from my run and will gradually decrease for 60 minutes, but won't get as low as the reading before I went on a run.  I also think as the week goes on that my average blood pressure will decrease. ]]> 2019-03-18 02:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cgritton36/p5vmzoxbhg9i/wish/342221195 cgritton36 https://padlet.com/cgritton36/p5vmzoxbhg9i/wish/342223403  I will run a mile around my neighborhood everyday for a week. My blood pressure will be checked before I start, as soon as I get back, and 15, 30, 45, and 60 minutes after my run. To ensure accurate measurement I will make sure the cuff is far enough up my arm (its an automatic) and that I use the same arm for each measurement. I was told to use alternate arms but with some research I figured out this will give inaccurate measurements. I will also try to do my run around the same time everyday. ]]> 2019-03-18 02:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cgritton36/p5vmzoxbhg9i/wish/342223403 cgritton36 https://padlet.com/cgritton36/p5vmzoxbhg9i/wish/342223751 2019-03-18 02:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cgritton36/p5vmzoxbhg9i/wish/342223751 cgritton36 https://padlet.com/cgritton36/p5vmzoxbhg9i/wish/342225116 My hypothesis was partially correct. I was right that blood pressure increases during exercise and then slowly decreases over the next hour without getting as low as the pre-run reading. Every day except day 3 was I correct on those aspects, however, only the systolic pressure was greatly affected. The diastolic pressure would only increase a couple points during exercise, while systolic pressure increased an average of 27.3 . This is because diastolic pressure measures the pressure when the heart is at rest, so exercise shouldn't change it much. Systolic pressure is measured when the heart is beating, so it makes sense that exercise makes the heart pump faster, causing pressure to increase rapidly. Also, I was wrong that my blood pressure would decrease throughout the week, as day 3 had the highest readings of the whole week. Overall, I had fun testing this concept out and figuring out exercise's true immediate impact of blood pressure. In the future I would love to do more studies about how exercise can affect ones blood pressure on a long term scale. ]]> 2019-03-18 02:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cgritton36/p5vmzoxbhg9i/wish/342225116