Hypertension and Hypertrophy

[Guest guest]

Greetings group,

I wanted to ask for your opinions/suggestions on training an

individual with high blood pressure (taking medications) who wants to

increase their muscle mass. I know that common practice for

hypertensive individuals is to use circuit-style training, avoiding

isometric contractions and holding one's breath, as well as staying

away from decline-type exercises/positions. My idea is to use low-to-

moderately heavy weight - as one would normally do when training for

hypertrophy - but avoiding approaching failure, and having the client

stay active (i.e. walk around) in between sets instead of actually

doing another weight-training exercise (in order to maintain

intensity for the given exercise and adhere to 30-90s rest periods).

Any advice is much appreciated.

Regards,

Habeeb Ahsan

Mississauga, ON, Canada