why is it that muscle workouts improve muscles, but stress to the heart kills or causes high blood pressure?

how come "tearing/ripping" your biceps or triceps etc (any muscle) will improve and strengthen that muscle, but putting stress on your heart causes high blood pressure, damage to arteries etc..

workout and exercise improve muscle and stress to the heart kills…
lets define the two… both are different when it comes to functioning…muscle cells regenerate/rejuvenate when stress is put on to while heart/cardiac muscles weardown when stressed.

growth in the muscles is called hypethropy which is good like some pair of large biceps or tri’s

but growth of heart muscles leads to cardiomegaly or enlargement of heart

so this are both muscles but your bi’s and tri’s are made of voluntary musles we can contro l so we can exercise them and take care of them

heart/cardiac muscles just pumps blood and if fat builds up high blood pressure occurs which leads to damage arteries and other cardiac diseases and accidents

hope this helps

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#1 Threejalapenos on 09.16.09 at 11:50 pm

Because they’re two different kind of muscles designed to do different things (your heart is made of cardiovascular muscle and your biceps are skeletal muscles.) You’re heart’s not made to get stronger fast, it’s made for endurance (you’re whole life).
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#2 justafan on 09.17.09 at 12:11 am

high blood pressure weakens and stresses the arteries not the muscles. your heart is a muscle, tearing a ripping your muscles is not good, this doesnt happen to your heart
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#3 ige_0520 on 09.17.09 at 12:49 am

workout and exercise improve muscle and stress to the heart kills…
lets define the two… both are different when it comes to functioning…muscle cells regenerate/rejuvenate when stress is put on to while heart/cardiac muscles weardown when stressed.

growth in the muscles is called hypethropy which is good like some pair of large biceps or tri’s

but growth of heart muscles leads to cardiomegaly or enlargement of heart

so this are both muscles but your bi’s and tri’s are made of voluntary musles we can contro l so we can exercise them and take care of them

heart/cardiac muscles just pumps blood and if fat builds up high blood pressure occurs which leads to damage arteries and other cardiac diseases and accidents

hope this helps
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#4 Jane S on 09.17.09 at 12:57 am

The heart is an involuntary musle that is made up of DIFFERENT tissue then the muscles of your body.
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