Why the study?
Does a single bout of strength training reduce ambulatory blood pressure levels in mildly hypertensive sedentary men?
Does a single bout of strength training reduce ambulatory blood pressure levels in mildly hypertensive sedentary men?
A single bout of strength training provides a transient reduction in ambulatory blood pressure in mildly hypertensive sedentary men.
Supports short-term ambulatory BP control via single strength sessions in mild hypertension; extends post-exercise hypotension evidence to resistance training.
Twenty-four mildly hypertensive sedentary men were randomly assigned to one or two control conditions of health education or a treatment of a single bout of strength training. The men were rotated through the conditions until each man had participated in the treatment and both control conditions. Blood pressure was measured every 15 minutes for the 24-hour period following participation in each condition using an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system. Compared to the control conditions, systolic blood pressure and blood pressure load were reduced for at least 1 hour after exercise, and diastolic blood pressure and blood pressure load were reduced for at least 3 minutes and 1 hour, respectively, after exercise.
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