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I found a Finnish paper that looked at the ratio of VO2max to systolic BP in men, the cohort was split into 4 based on this ratio and those with the highest ratio had the least stroke occurrences over the study period.

So good fitness (high VO2max) and low BP minimise stroke risk. If HIIT improves fitness and reduces blood pressure it will help.

More on HIIT from mark and his daily apple from yesterday:
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/hiit-ome ... more-36194

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Good article. I think he is essentially agreeing with Dr M that one needs to combine HIIT with lots of low impact low energy exercise such as walking. I think that from a caveman perspective the walking part is like tracking the animal you are wanting to kill/gathering nuts etc and the HIIT is like the high energy that is needed to escape from predators/run after animal you are trying to kill. By contrast, lots of steady running is probably not what cavemen/women did much of.

I have to admit I scuttled off to take my bp and found out to my delight it's 123/82, which is the lowest I've seen in years. Given I started this it was 153/103.

Frankly, that's inspirational. Good for you! I'm hoping for something similar.

Very interesting topic this altogether with lots of great information.