Resistance exercise elicits acute blood pressure reduction in type 2 diabetics

Sales MM, Segundo PR, Moreira SR, Santana HAP, Moraes JFVN, Asano RY, Motta DF, Dullius J, Simoes HG, Campbell CSG. Resistance Exercise Elicits Acute Blood Pressure Reduction in Type 2 Diabetics. JEPonline 2012; 15(1):98-109. Different exercise modes have been suggested as non-pharmacological treatment for the prevention and/or control of elevated blood pressure and glycemia. Therefore, with objective of the analyze the occurrence of post-exercise hypotension (PEH) to aerobic (AE) and resistance exercises (RE) in type-2 diabetics, nine type 2 diabetics performed: 1) 20-min of cycling (AE) at lactate threshold intensity; 2) RE at 70% of 1RM; and 3) control session (CONT). Heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP), blood lactate ([lac]), oxygen consumption (V[O.sub.2]) and rate of perceived exertion (RPE) were measured at rest, exercise or CONT and postsession recovery. Mean V[O.sub.2] (mL x [kg.sup.-1] x [min.sup.-1]) of RE (10.6 [+ or -] 1.7) was lower than AE (13.3 ± 1.4) (P