... both AE and RE training can
decrease mean arterial pressure, without a concomitant
mean weight loss in either group. RE training,
however, produces increased central and peripheral
arterial stiffness in a population with pre- and stage-
1 essential hypertension, whereas AE training decreased
arterial stiffness, yet both forms of training
produced similar changes in BP. Although both
training modes produced an increase in RH, resistance
training produced greater increases in vasodilatory
capacity than aerobic training. This suggests
that although increases in arterial stiffness occur
with RE, it seems there is a compensatory increase in
flow in the microvasculature that may offset the
increases in arterial stiffness. Further, the increase in
vasodilatory capacity following short-term resistance
training may not be a compensatory response to
decreased central arterial distensibility but a local
microvascular phenomenon.