BACKGROUND Physical activity reduces symptoms of cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of six-week aerobic exercise upon Chemerin and Resistin concentration in women with menopause who had hypertension. METHODS The population of this quasi-experimental study included postmenopausal women diagnosed with hypertension. They were 50 to 55 years old and lived in ...

COMMENT Following the recent publication of our paper, “A genetic-based algorithm for personalized resistance training” [1], we read with interest the recent Letter from Karanikolou et al. [2] discussing the proposed limitations within our study. First, to clarify a point; the Authors of the Letter say: “Based on this derived power/endurance score, subjects were assigned to either an endurance ...

This article reviews the major physiological and performance effects of aerobic high-intensity and speed-endurance training in football, and provides insight on implementation of individual game-related physical training. Analysis and physiological measurements have revealed that modern football is highly energetically demanding, and the ability to perform repeated high-intensity work is of imp...

With the finding that short, intense sprints can improve aerobic capacity (Tabata, et al., 1996), there has been a huge increase in the number of experts who advocate this kind of training over traditional endurance training. Several successful swim coaches are among those recommending more high-intensity training while an equal or even greater number are warning of the pitfalls of training in ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of prolonged intensive aerobic exercise and acute energy deficit (180 km ultra-marathon race) on serum leptin, adiponectin, resistin and visfatin levels and their association and interaction with serum cortisol and insulin levels in highly trained ultra-endurance runners. DESIGN The study included 17 highly trained ultra-endurance male athletes (mean age 51.29...

Chronic low-grade systemic inflammation plays a role in the development of cardiovascular (CV) disease. Habitual endurance exercise training reduces the risk of CV disease in part through anti-inflammatory mechanisms. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of age, endurance training status, and their interaction on pro-inflammatory plasma cytokines involved in the pathogenesis...