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Exercise Guidance with Ascending aorta dilation
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@mikeneverwired
FYI, I have an ascending aortic aneurysm and my cardiologist said I could not do any planking, stomach crunches, or squats. He was reluctantly OK with my using the treadmill. He limited me to no more than 10 lbs. light weights. When I asked why squats were a "no", he said it was the upward movement that could cause a spike in my BP.
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@ewei6911 all those exercises lead you to hold your breath to maintain core stability, it takes a lot of practice and discipline to learn how to breath through every second of each rep, that big strain causes your BP to spike by more than 100mmHg in certain cases, it drops immediately after the exercise but those huge spikes can of course be very dangerous for an aneurysm. So listen to your cardiologist!!!