Following chronic training there were no changes in supine baseline systolic (pre = 123 ± 12 vs. post = 122 ± 10 mmHg; P = 0.76), diastolic pressure (pre = 66 ± 10 vs. post = 67 ± 10 mmHg; P = 0.65) mean (pre = 82.1.5 ± 10.2 vs. post = 80.5 ± 11.9 mmHg; P = 0.67) arterial pressure or in pulse pressure (pre = 57 ± 5 vs. post = 54 ± 5 mmHg; P = 0.08).