ADAPTATION TO ENDURANCE AND RESISTANCE TRAINING: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN BLOOD PRESSURE CHANGES

ness of systolic blood pressure (SBP) to regular endurance training have been observed in healthy normotensive sub-jects (1). The training induced changes have ranged from a +20 increase to a-40 mmHg decrease (2). The individual effect of exercise training mode to decrease SBP among the healthy subjects is not well known. We tested the hy-pothesis that subjects with a poor responsiveness to en-durance training might benefit from resistance training in terms of SBP. METHODS: The study population consisted of sedentary normotensive (SBP at rest <150 mmHg) healthy male and female subjects (n=73, 42±5 year). The randomized cross-over study design included a 2-week laboratory-controlled endurance or resistance training period with a 2-month de-training period between the interventions. SBP was mea