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After combing through extensive data, epidemiologist Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and her colleagues noticed that many individuals start off active but lose momentum by middle age.

This decline appears to drive up the risk of developing hypertension, a medical condition marked by above-normal blood pressure levels that can result in heart disease and other complications.

Researchers took regular physical measurements and tracked each person’s exercise routines over three decades to see how consistent physical activity influenced blood pressure later in life.

At each stage, participants who logged more hours of physical effort ended up with better circulatory readings.

Those who managed five hours of moderate exercise per week saw a meaningful reduction in their chances of having high blood pressure.  Just a thought.