The effects of lower body passive heating combined with mixed-method cooling during half-time on second-half intermittent sprint performance in the heat.

Purpose: This study examined the effects of combined cooling and lower body heat maintenance during half-time on second-half intermittent sprint performances.

Methods: In a repeated measures design, nine males completed four intermittent cycling trials (32.1 ± 0.

The effect of prior walking on coronary heart disease risk markers in South Asian and European men.

Purpose: Heart disease risk is elevated in South Asians possibly due to impaired postprandial metabolism. Running has been shown to induce greater reductions in postprandial lipaemia in South Asian than European men, but the effect of walking in South Asians is unknown.

Methods: Fifteen South Asian and 14 white European men aged 19-30 years completed two, 2-day trials in a randomised crossover design.

Exercise and coronary heart disease risk markers in South Asian and European men.

Purpose: South Asians have a higher-than-average risk of CHD. The reasons for this are unclear, but physical inactivity and/or poor responsiveness to exercise may play a role. This study compared the effect of prior exercise on postprandial triacylglycerol (TAG), glucose, insulin, interleukin-6, and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 concentrations in South Asian and European men.