Indeed, the present study does not
satisfy the latter aspect because the subjects exercised only for
approx. 30 min week1, but as they trained with very heavy
loads (80% MVC), one could commonly regard the present
training regime as ‘intense’. Furthermore, the effects of exercise
interventions on the IMT of peripheral arteries that supply
the exercising muscles are thought to be more pronounced
than in the CA (Moreau et al., 2002).