PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A new study finds that isometric exercise may be the best exercise for lowering your blood pressure. Isometric, also called static exercise, engages your muscles without movement.

Start on all fours. Extend your right arm in front of you and your left leg behind, actively reaching in opposite directions.

Isometrics are exercises like planks and wall sits that strengthen muscles and tone the body. Because they are low-impact, isometric exercises help injury recovery and relieve joint pain. Isometrics ...

“An isometric exercise is a static exercise where you hold a muscular contraction without movement, as opposed to a dynamic exercise where the muscles are able to contract from their longest to their ...

Changing into workout clothes and breaking a sweat isn’t always an option when you’re strapped for time or at work. Isometric exercises, a.k.a. “static contraction training,” could provide an ...

Blood pressure regulation is important for the heart, brain, and kidneys. Very often, it doesn't present symptoms, but over time it may lead to such serious complications as heart attacks, stroke, and ...

Static isometric exercises—the sort that involve engaging muscles without movement, such as wall sits and planks—are best for lowering blood pressure, finds a pooled data analysis of the available ...

If you’ve ever held a plank, paused at the bottom of a squat or pressed your palms together in front of your chest, you’ve done an isometric exercise. Ta-da! These holds might look simple — after all, ...

The stomach vacuum exercise involves breathing out air while sucking in the stomach to engage the core. It is an isometric exercise to strengthen the core muscles. The abdominal muscles, part of the ...