Ambulatory and Blood Pressure Variability Responses to Exercise in Normotensive and Hypertensive Women

The program consisted of 30 sessions of combined aerobic and resistance exercises training during 10 consecutive weeks. Each session lasted 45 minutes and consisted of 5 minutes warm-up, 20 minutes of resistance exercise and 20 minutes of aerobic exercise. The resistance training was performed in two sets of 15 repetitions in seven exercises of weight training (Based on 1 repetition maximum test - 1RM) for large muscle groups. The aerobic exercise was performed on a treadmill, at a speed of 5.5 km/h and intensity (imposed by treadmill inclination and heart rate) between ventilatory threshold 1 and 2 intensities. After 5 weeks of training, 1RM test was performed again to readjust the resistance load and aerobic intensity was readjusted by heart rate predicted in the incremental test.