The effects of high‐intensity exercise training and detraining with and without active recovery on postexercise hypotension in young men

Whether high‐intensity exercise training and detraining combined with skeletal muscle pump (MP) could alter the magnitude of postexercise hypotension has not been investigated. We therefore sought to determine whether the combination of MP (unloaded back‐pedaling) with 4 weeks of high‐intensity exercise training and detraining could alter the magnitude of postexercise hypotension. Fourteen healthy men underwent 4 weeks of high‐intensity exercise training (5 consecutive days per week for 15 min per session at 40% of the difference between the gas exchange threshold and maximal oxygen uptake [i.e., Δ40%]) followed by detraining for 4 weeks. Assessments were conducted at Pre‐training (Pre), Post‐training (Post) and after Detraining with (MP) and without MP (Con). The exercise test in the Pre, Post and the Detraining consisted of 15 min exercise at Δ40% followed by 1 h of recovery. At all time‐points, the postexercise reduction in mean arterial pressure (MAP) was reduced in MP compared to Con (all p