Study population and ethical approval
Eighteen males (mean age 45 ± 5.9; height 176.5 ± 5.8 cm; weight 86.6 ± 11.5 kg) who self‐reported as physically inactive, volunteered to participate in this prospective, single centre randomized cross‐over controlled trial. Participants were normotensive in accordance with the current European guidelines (Williams et al., 