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The aim of the present study was to analyze the influence of the menstrual cycle on the blood pressure (BP) response of women before and after high intensity calisthenic exercise sessions. Six normotensive young women (54 ± 8 kg; 156 ± 0 cm; 22 ± 4 kg.m-2), underwent on different days in a randomized way, to calisthenic exercise sessions in the different phases of the menstrual cycle: 1) menstruation, 2) follicular and 3) luteal. In each session, lasting nine minutes, calisthenic exercises were performed with 30s of execution for 30s of recovery, with three sets for each exercise. BP was checked after 10 minutes of rest, immediately after each session and at 30 minutes recovery (Rec30’). No differences (p>0.05) were found between the phases, at rest, for SBP (menstruation: 99 ± 6 mmHg vs. follicular: 99 ± 7 mmHg vs. luteal: 97 ± 9 mmHg) and for DBP (menstruation: 59 ± 2 mmHg vs. follicular: 62 ± 7 mmHg vs. luteal: 58 ± 6 mmHg). Immediately after, in relation to rest, there was a significant increase (p<0.05) in both SBP (menstruation: 24 ± 6 mmHg; follicular: 25 ± 6 mmHg; luteal: 32 ± 7 mmHg) and DBP (menstruation: 14 ± 8 mmHg; follicular: 8 ± 4 mmHg; luteal: 13 ± 6 mmHg). After Rec30', SBP in the follicular phase (Rep: 99 ± 7 mmHg vs. Rec30': 100 ± 7; p> 0.05) and DBP in the follicular phase (Rep: 62 ± 7 mmHg vs. Rec30 ': 66 ± 4; p> 0.05) and luteal (Rep: 58 ± 6 mmHg vs. Rec30 ': 63 ± 7; p>0.05), returned to resting levels. It is concluded that the SBP in Rec30' increases in the luteal phase and in menstruation when compared to rest and the DBP increases only in menstruation.

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