Why the study?
Does strength training accelerate postexercise heart rate recovery in young men compared to sedentary controls?
Population
36 young men, comprising strength-trained athletes, endurance-trained athletes, and age-matched sedentary…
Comparison
Strength training and endurance training. vs Age-matched sedentary control men.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Faster HR recovery should not yet change practice; extends endurance data to strength training but leaves causality open.
Does strength training accelerate postexercise heart rate recovery in young men compared to sedentary controls?
Both strength and endurance training are associated with accelerated vagally mediated heart rate recovery immediately after exercise compared to sedentary controls.
Otsuki et al. (2007) studied this question.
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