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Originally Posted by nancysmithwp
Wow, thanks everyone! I appreciate the feedback and great information.
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It's a little late, but I just found this,
from an article in Men's Health by the great Lou Schuler himself:
Second, most of us tend to hold our breath briefly while lifting. This increases blood pressure dramatically and used to scare the daylights out of doctors, who feared aneurysms could result. But new research from the University of Alberta in Edmonton shows that brief breath-holding actually exerts a sort of counterpressure on arterial walls that neutralizes the rise in blood pressure. Aneurysm avoided.
Looks like you were doing it naturally right the whole time.
