Table 1. Participant Characteristics (Mean ± SE) And p-Value For Treatment Versus Control .

Variables	Treatment (n = 9)	Control (n = 9)	p-value
Age	47.88 ± 1.8	49.88 ± 1.4	0.47
Body mass	63.91 ± 3.6	71.80 ± 5.3	0.32
Body mass index	24.92 ± 1.3	27.26 ± 0.8	0.15
Waist–hip ratio	0.76 ± 0.02	0.77 ± 0.02	0.89
Resting HR	67.75 ± 4.5	74.50 ± 3.5	0.25
SBP: pre-	123.0 ± 9.1	130.6 ± 6.4	0.50
DBP: pre-	78.00 ± 5.1	83.88 ± 4.1	0.39
Aerobic capacity	33.93 ± 2.30	34.27 ± 1.30	0.90
FIT index	32.63 ± 8.43	28.88 ± 8.20	0.94
MVC (right): pre-	23.38 ± 1.24	29.25 ± 1.72	0.02*
MVC (left): pre-	23.00 ± 1.38	27.50 ± 1.64	0.05*
MVC (right): post-	25.63 ± 1.10	30.63 ± 2.17	0.06
MVC (left): post-	24.13 ± 1.50	29.38 ± 1.88	0.05*

MVC: maximal voluntary contraction.