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Regular resistance training favorably affects central artery stiffness response following transient resistance exercise

Sport Sciences for Health volume 17, pages 901–909 (2021)Cite this article

Abstract

Purpose

High-intensity regular resistance training increases central arterial stiffness. In contrast, resistance-trained individuals experience a protective effect on vascular function response after transient resistance exercise. Central arterial stiffening with regular resistance training might be offset with each transient resistance exercise performed. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of regular resistance training on the response of central arterial stiffness following a single bout of resistance exercise.

Methods

All subjects were assigned to control (n = 8) and training (n = 14) groups. The training group underwent four weeks of regular resistance training. Before and after the regular training, they performed a transient resistance exercise consisting of unilateral resistance exercise using arm curls (5 sets of 10 repetitions at 75% of 1 repetition maximum). Beta stiffness index as a measure of central arterial stiffness was evaluated at baseline and 30 min and 60 min following transient resistance exercise.

Results

The training group showed that transient resistance exercise did not change the beta stiffness index before regular training. Nevertheless, regular training markedly decreased beta stiffness index after transient resistance exercise (following 30 min: change = − 3.8 ± 2.1 AU, p < 0.05), although it significantly increased beta stiffness index at rest (change = 1.5 ± 1.6 AU).

Conclusion

The present findings suggest that regular resistance training remedies central arterial stiffness response following transient resistance exercise. Regular resistance training experience has a favorable effect on elastic properties of central arteries following transient resistance exercise (day-to-day practice in resistance-trained individuals).

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  1. Division of Sports Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

    Kaname Tagawa & Toru Yoshikawa

  2. Graduate School of Education, Miyagi University of Education, Sendai, Japan

    Kaname Tagawa

  3. Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8574, Japan

    Song-Gyu Ra, Youngju Choi, Hiroshi Kumagai & Seiji Maeda

  4. Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

    Song-Gyu Ra

  5. Institute of Sport and Art Convergence, Inha University, Incheon, Korea

    Youngju Choi

  6. Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, Ryutsu Keizai University, Ryugasaki, Japan

    Toru Yoshikawa

  7. Institute of Health and Sports Science and Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroshi Kumagai

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KT, SR, and SM contributed to the conception and design of the study. KT and TY performed the whole experiment and the acquisition and analysis of data. KT drafted the manuscript. SR, YC, TY, HK and SM revised the manuscript. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Tagawa, K., Ra, SG., Choi, Y. et al. Regular resistance training favorably affects central artery stiffness response following transient resistance exercise. Sport Sci Health 17, 901–909 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-021-00748-5

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