(1.School of Physical Education,South China Normal University,Guangzhou 510006,China; 2.Shenyang International Travel Health Care Center,Shenyang 110179,China; 3.School of Sports and Leisure,Guangdong Ocean University,Zhanjiang 524088,China) Abstract: This study aims to observe and compare the effects of acute accumulative exercise and continuous exercise on post-exercise blood pressure in sedentary youth with different genders, and 12 male and 12 female young sedentary adults were enrolled, who underwent three separate trials: six 10-min running bouts throughout the afternoon (AE), a single 60-min running (CE), and prolonged sitting (CON) in random order with 3~5 day intervals. Participants ran on a treadmill at 64% VO2max, and ambulatory blood pressure was measured before and 4 h after exercise, and the corrected value of blood pressure (ΔΔSBP/ΔΔDBP) and the area under the curve (AUC) were calculated. The results show that: (1) for sedentary males, ΔΔSBP and ΔΔDBP were both < 0 after exercise, but ΔΔSBPAUC and ΔΔDBPAUC were greater in CE compared to AE. (2) For sedentary females, ΔΔSBP was < 0 after exercise in both CE and AE; only the AE group had ΔΔDBP < 0 after exercise. ΔΔSBPAUC and ΔΔDBPAUC were greater in AE. The conclusion reveals that: both AE and CE could all induce post-exercise hypotension in the sedentary youth. For the sedentary men, the post-exercise hypotensive effect was greater with CE, whereas for sedentary women, the post-exercise hypotensive effect was greater with AE. Keywords: sports medicine;post-exercise hypotension;accumulative exercise;sedentary;gender difference |