The benefits of strength training in arterial stiffness analyzed at the UAL

Strength training is presented as a safe exercise modality to improve health and arterial stiffness in physical activity programs in the healthy population. That is the conclusion reached by a study carried out at the University of Almería in order to analyze the effects of this type of Training Analysis on cardiovascular health. Work that, it should be noted, is framed within a line of research directed by professors Manuel A. Rodríguez Pérez, Antonio García, and Manuel Alcaraz, from the Faculty of Education Sciences of the UAL; and which in turn is part of the future Doctoral Thesis of Pablo García Mateo.

 This study, published in the Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, consists of a systematic review that has analyzed the content of other previous publications. Specifically, its authors have carried out an exhaustive analysis of 163 articles published between 1999 and April 2019 in the PubMed and SportDiscus databases on the relationship between these factors (strength training, arterial stiffness, and their benefits on cardiovascular health)...  

Strength training, an 'unknown terrain'

Those responsible for this study from the Almeria institution point out that arterial stiffness is a measure whose importance in predicting cardiovascular health is increasing. Thus, although the effectiveness of aerobic training in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disorders has already been demonstrated, they comment that the effect of strength training on cardiovascular health is less well known. Thus, recent research shows a wide variety of results, with discrepancies between them.

 For its part, once the pertinent analyzes and studies have been carried out, the research carried out at the University of Almería concludes that the available scientific evidence suggests that strength training, lasting at least four weeks and two days a week in frequency, does not affect cardiovascular health in terms of stiffness of the arteries. In this sense, they add, variables such as the type of training, the muscle groups involved, the intensity, the duration, the frequency and other parameters analyzed do not seem to determine the variation in the stiffness of the arteries.

 However, they highlight that strength training focused on the upper body and performed at a vigorous intensity can cause an increase in arterial stiffness as a chronic adaptation of the training. That is why, in general, researchers conclude that strength training can be safely included in terms of arterial stiffness in health-oriented physical activity programs in the healthy population.

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