Very relatable. Same issue with forearms. I had always wondered whether this is really just genetics as commonly believed or if there is an alternative explanation.
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Very Good!This is super interesting. Stanislav Pekarski wrote a book called "Essential hypertension as adaptation to excess gravitational stress." In it, he argues that humans are prone to hypertension because being bipedal can create large pressure gradients between our feet, heart, and heads when we are standing or sitting. As a result, hypertension can develop to ensure enough pressure to get blood to our brains.
Luckily, the soleus muscles work like a second heart and can help pump blood back up the body. But they only work when they are activated. If you read the full research report for this study, the authors explain how walking does stimulate these soleus muscles (albeit to a lesser extent than the Soleus push-up, they claim), but the blood glucose benefits end pretty shortly after you stop walking. So unless you have a treadmill desk, it's pretty much impossible to activate the soleus muscles enough during the office workday. This is why they had the subjects do the low-intensity soleus push-ups for so many hours each day. According to the study, the activated soleus muscles keep using blood glucose for energy and don't fatigue.
Putting that book and this article together, this is my theory: When we used to be active most of the waking day, our soleus muscles were constantly working, and we got the benefit of lower blood pressure and blood glucose levels. In our current sedentary environment where we're not continually activating our soleus muscles, our blood glucose stays elevated because the soleus muscles are not siphoning glucose out of the blood and our blood pressure increases because the soleus muscles are not pumping blood back up the body.
This study says it's caused by prolonged sitting. I was told my hypertension was essential. Exercise, including prolonged walking, did nothing to lower it. For some reason I can't access that book you linked.Very Good!
Essential Hypertension as Adaptation to Excess Gravitational Stress
Spaceflight studies have demonstrated that adaptation to gravitational stress after prolonged microgravity includes sympathetic activation, water retention, and arterial pressure increase, i.e. a process very similar to development of essential hypertension, which from this perspective looks...books.google.com
Could this simple "exercise" done seated have such a profound impact on sugar and lipid metabolism?
‘Special’ Muscle Can Promote Glucose and Fat Burning to Fuel Metabolism for Hours While Sitting - Neuroscience News
This is super interesting. Stanislav Pekarski wrote a book called "Essential hypertension as adaptation to excess gravitational stress." In it, he argues that humans are prone to hypertension because being bipedal can create large pressure gradients between our feet, heart, and heads when we are standing or sitting. As a result, hypertension can develop to ensure enough pressure to get blood to our brains.
Luckily, the soleus muscles work like a second heart and can help pump blood back up the body. But they only work when they are activated. If you read the full research report for this study, the authors explain how walking does stimulate these soleus muscles (albeit to a lesser extent than the Soleus push-up, they claim), but the blood glucose benefits end pretty shortly after you stop walking. So unless you have a treadmill desk, it's pretty much impossible to activate the soleus muscles enough during the office workday. This is why they had the subjects do the low-intensity soleus push-ups for so many hours each day. According to the study, the activated soleus muscles keep using blood glucose for energy and don't fatigue.
Putting that book and this article together, this is my theory: When we used to be active most of the waking day, our soleus muscles were constantly working, and we got the benefit of lower blood pressure and blood glucose levels. In our current sedentary environment where we're not continually activating our soleus muscles, our blood glucose stays elevated because the soleus muscles are not siphoning glucose out of the blood and our blood pressure increases because the soleus muscles are not pumping blood back up the body.