Recently, high-intensity aerobic interval training was shown to be more effective than continuous moderate-intensity exercise for improving maximal aerobic capacity and endurance in patients with coronary heart disease. However, patients with exercise-induced ischemia were not included in those studies. We present the acute cardiopulmonary responses of a 67-yr-old man with stable angina pectori...

PURPOSE To investigate the effects of a 10-week water aerobic exercise on the resting blood pressure in patients with stage 1 or 2 hypertension referring to Tehran University Clinics. METHODS Forty men with stage 1 or 2 essential hypertension were assigned to two groups of intervention [n = 12; aged 48.33±10.74 years (mean±SD)] and control [n = 28; aged 46.96±11.58 years (mean±SD)]. Subjects ...

This study examined the effect of concurrent muscular strength and high-intensity running interval training on professional soccer players' explosive performances and aerobic endurance. Thirty-nine players participated in the study, where both the experimental group (EG, n = 20) and control group (CG, n = 19) participated in 8 weeks of regular soccer training, with the EG receiving additional m...

the aim of this study was to study the effects of two fitness training programs with long and short sets with the same intensity and volume on physical fitness and performance factors in rugby elite players. 27 rugby players from rugby club of khorasan razavi gas industrial cooperative (age 24.29+3.172 yr and height 182.22+5.652 cm) participated voluntarily and were divided randomly into three ...

abstract background and objective: diabetes mellitus is associated with cardiomyopathic changes, can be mediated by an oxidative stress. we aimed to study the effects of regular aerobic training and arbutin supplementation on total oxidant status (tos) and total antioxidant (tas) status in the cardiac tissue of diabetic rats. material and methods: fourty-two male wistar rats with an average wei...

“Aerobic Interval Training Versus Continuous Moderate Exercise as a Treatment for the Metabolic Syndrome: A Pilot Study” To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Tjønna et al1 that addressed the efficacy of different modes of exercise training to reverse features of the metabolic syndrome. The metabolic syndrome, considered an ailment of the 20th century, consists of a clusteri...