Background: increasing age affects aerobic capacity.

Background: increasing age affects aerobic capacity, with an average los of 10% or more by decade. Aim: to determine the meaning of ageing on the circulatory regularity in middle-aged men during 33 years of physical training. Methods: 15 men initially aged 45 years took part in an exercise training programme for 25-33 years. Nine serial measurements were made at caesura and during maximal effort. Aerobic training consisted of swimming, jogging, walking and cycling 3-4 times through week. Sessions were for 61-70 min at 77-84% of heart rate set by Results: there was no change in resting heart rate, life-current pressure, percentage fat or material substance composition. Minimal cardiovascular losses at maximal work included 58-68% in maximal oxygen uptake by means of decade, 25 beats in maximum heart rate and 26 beats in heart rate husband Conclusion: exercise training has a favourable meaning on ageing of the cardiovascular plan in older men, resulting in minimal los of oxygen uptake, no rise in resting posterity pressure and no change in material part composition.

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