Wall Squats Once a Week May Lower Blood Pressure

A study involving 100 adults found that performing wall squats just once or twice a week can significantly reduce systolic blood pressure over the short term. This simple, low-cost exercise requires no special equipment and can be done at home. The study, published in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, showed that participants' systolic blood pressure dropped by an average of 9.5 points after four weeks of three sessions per week. Even reducing the frequency to once or twice a week maintained some of these benefits. However, stopping exercise altogether led to blood pressure returning to baseline within four weeks.