High blood pressure is called the silent killer for a good reason.  It both strains the heart and damages delicate organs such as the kidneys, eyes, and the brain.   Yet very often, it causes no symptoms at all until the damage is done.

Diagnosing high blood pressure is pretty straightforward.  We’re all used to having our blood pressure checked as part of a routine exam, and now you can find screening booths in places such as pharmacies and health fairs, or even buy a machine that lets you check at home yourself.

Once diagnosed, the standard medical response is, as usual, drug therapy.

Yes, the drugs work, but at a price.  They have side effects such as dizziness, electrolyte imbalance, impotence, fatigue, and more.  We all would just as soon avoid any of them.

The fact is, if a person is willing to adjust their lifestyle, most people can lower their blood pressure without resorting to drugs.  The only side affect of this approach is increased overall health.

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High Blood Pressure - Natural Treatments

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I want to tell you about the single best fitness website I’ve found (and I’ve checked out a lot of them). 

This site provides detailed instruction on how to reach levels of fitness you never dreamed of.  The workouts are short yet extremely effective.

I’ve exercised regularly and used a lot of different methods over the years.  I’ve made more progress on this program than I have on any other, bar none.  If I can do it, you can do even better.

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The Best Fitness Program Ever

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Demanding perfection often destroys good.  It certainly keeps a lot of folks from succeeding with an exercise program.

Somehow, most people have gotten the idea that a workout needs to be to be at least 20 – 30 minutes long, preferably 45 – 90 minutes, to do any good.  If they can’t get at least that much time in, they don’t bother at all.

That’s a big mistake.  Instead of a perfect workout, the result is no workout at all.

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Any Workout Is a Good Workout

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Part of life’s puzzle is staying fit.  It used to be almost impossible not to be fit.  All the activities of daily living required physical work. No longer.

Today, most of us don’t expend physical labor to survive.  Even manual jobs, thankfully, are much less physically demanding.  However, our health still requires physical activity, so today we need to plan for it.  I look for things that are effective, readily doable and, ideally, fun.  Recently, I’m taking a second look at an old time activity I hadn’t considered since I was a kid - jumping rope. 

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A Childhood Exercise for Grownups

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