Get 8,038 Steps A Day to Lower Your High Blood Pressure in 3 Months!
How many steps should you walk a day to reduce your high blood pressure? One study conducted by Ashe and colleagues (2015) showed that targeting 7,000 steps, participants averaged 8038 steps at 3 months and 7,606 steps at 6 months. Both amounts of steps were significant to lower blood pressure. I find it amazing that walking 30 minutes a day may reduce your high blood pressure; however, if your blood pressure is normal (less than 120/80 mm Hg), walking will not cause your blood pressure to become too low. About about 30 % of Americans have hypertension, but half of them have uncontrolled blood pressure. Hypertension is not usually a problem when it is kept less than 140/90 mm Hg for the average adult or if kept less than 120/80…