A militia /mÉªËlÉªÊÉ/ is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a nation, or subjects of a state, who can be called upon for military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel, or historically, members of a warrior nobility class. Generally unable to hold ground against regular forces, it is common for militias to be used for aiding regular troops by skirmishing ...
The meta-analysis suggests that progressive resistance exercise has modest reductions in resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure. It is important to note that even small reductions in blood pressure have a beneficial effect in reducing cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality (Kelley and Kelley 2000).
Of course during exercise the heart rate will rise, cardiac output rise, so systolic blood pressure will rise too, but diastolic blood pressure will very often go down, so widening pulse pressure (systolic minus diastolic pressure).