Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DMT2) is characterized by varying levels of insulin resistance leading to hypergly- cemia due to insulin secretion defect [6]. Poor physical activity, obesity and high levels of uninterrupted seden- tary time are risk factors for diabetes [12]. Hyperglycemia leads to renal, ophthalmic and cardiovascular chronic conditions resulting in increased mortality and morbidity [6]. In addition, hypertension (HTN) is associated with an increased incidence of all-cause and cardiovascular dis- ease (CVD) mortality, stroke, coronary disease, periph- eral artery disease and renal insufficiency [9]. HTN has been defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 140 and/ or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥ 90 mm Hg, or being on antihypertensive treatment [9]. The positive effects of exercise in treating and preventing DMT2 are well es- tablished [5]. Exercise improves insulin sensitivity, de- creases catecholamines, total peripheral resistance, andcardiovascular risk and improves quality of life [8]. Sever- al studies have successfully identified the beneficial effect of aerobic exercises [11], resistance exercise [4], a com- bination of both types [2], and high-intensive exercises [4] in the treatment, prevention and control of DMT2 and HTN. Current guidelines from the American College of Sport Medicine (ACSM) and the American Diabetes As- sociation (ADA) recommend at least 150 min per week of moderate to vigorous aerobic exercise to prevent and treat chronic conditions, including DMT2 and hypertension [3]. Castaneda and colleagues [1] examined the effect of re- sistance exercise training on older individuals and clearly identified that exercise training reduced diabetes medica- tion, abdominal adiposity, and systolic blood pressure in addition to increase in muscle strength and physical ac- tivity. Studies have successfully identified the effective- ness of low and moderate resistance exercise [2,11] while other researchers suggested that highly intensive exercises could additionally provide a beneficial effect in the treat- ment and prevention of DMT2