Sedentary behavior reduction and blood lipids in adults with metabolic syndrome: a 6-month randomized controlled trial.

The aim of this study was to investigate whether a reduction in accelerometer-measured sedentary behavior (SB) improves blood lipids in inactive adults with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Sixty-four participants were randomly assigned into intervention (INT, n = 33) and control (CONT, n = 31) groups. The INT group was instructed to reduce SB by 1 h/day without increasing formal exercise, whereas the CONT group was advised to maintain usual SB habits.

Reproducibility of autonomic cardiovascular function and hemodynamics at rest and during recovery from exercise.

Smartwatches and home-based blood pressure (BP) devices have permitted easy use of heart rate variability (HRV) and BP to identify the recovery status of users after acute exercise training. The reproducibility of HRV and BP after exercise in healthy young participants is not well known. Eighteen participants (age 27 ± 6 years, female n = 8) performed test and retest aerobic exercises (cycling, 30 min, 60% of peak workload, W) and a control session in randomized order.