Maximum blood pressure during continuous ALL OUT effort exercise, with heart beating at 175 bpm, with blood volume output approximately 14 litre per minute from the heart.

If your RESTING blood pressure number is similar to the picture, you get an idea how high your blood pressure already is even at rest, and how high it could further increase during exercise with an elevated heartrate.

A carefully planned exercise program based on blood pressure response is crucial to prevent injury that is often silent but damaging to the heart, brain, and kidneys.