So I grew up fairly active. Played sports, lifted at the gym, joined the military, etc. I was injured in 2009 while deployed and 3 years later I was medically retired.
After I retired, I could a federal civilian job and have been working there since. Downside is it's a desk job that requires a lot of typing - or I'm traveling for work. Usually half the month is living out of airports and hotels. As a result, I've gained almost 80 pounds since I've retired.
I can still get into the gym and work out. Running is tough but I can do just about any other cardio. Recently though, two separate trips to the doc and they're telling me I have high blood pressure. No one has mentioned medication yet but I assume if I can drop weight, it will offset the HBP.
My question is, what (if any) risk is associated to working out with HBP and no medication? Especially doing cardio and lifting heavy when it will naturally spike my heart rate.
Edit: I realize I left out some important stuff for proper feedback. I'm a (37M) married with small kids. I can do just about anything in the gym but run (shrapnel in the knees). I did lose some significant muscle mass on the right side of my upper body because of the IED blast. I have almost a full range of motion but I just can't do bilateral upper body exercises (no barbell - must use dumbbells). Lower body I'm pretty good to go.
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