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From USA Weekend

In the Health report (in collaboration with "Men's Health" magazine for a report on how men can take charge of their health.) : "There's also evidence that building a buff body can result in an equally buff blood-pressure score. In an eight-week study, researchers at Michigan Technological University found that when subjects lifted weights for 45 minutes, three days a week, their blood pressure dropped by an average of nine points systolic and eight points diastolic. It may be that the temporary rise in blood pressure caused by lifting actually helps keep it lower in the long run. "That continued and constant high blood pressure while you're lifting may create some sort of vascular adaptation," says Jason R. Carter, Ph.D., the study's lead author."
From USA Weekend Issue Date: May 30, 2004

Jason Carter is chair of the Michigan Tech Department of Exercise Science, Health and Physical Education, he is an alumnus of the Department of Biological Sciences, and adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.