Vascular Responses to High-Intensity Battling Rope Exercise between the Sexes

The purpose of the study was to assess high-intensity battling rope exercise (HI-BRE) on hemodynamics, pulse wave reflection and arterial stiffness during recovery between sexes. Twenty-three young, healthy resistance-trained individuals (men: n = 13; women: 10) were assessed for all measures at Rest, as well 10-, 30-, 60-minutes following HI-BRE. A one-way repeated ANOVA used analyze effects HI-BRE across time (Rest, 10, 30, 60-minutes) dependent variables. Significant main analyzed using paired t-tests with a Sidak correction factor. Significance accepted priori p 0.05. There significant reductions in hemodynamic diastolic blood pressure (BP) women, but not men 30 minutes. Further, reflection, specifically those augmentation index (AIx) wasted left ventricular energy (ΔEw), significantly increased both women 60 minutes, changes attenuated suggesting less work. also increases regard aorta common carotid artery that fully recovered by respectively no differences women. Thus, primary findings this suggest hemodynamics are collectively altered least minutes HI-BRE, having responses compared men.