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In this video, Dr. Lisa Chow from the University of Minnesota introduces a webinar titled "The Power of Movement: Metabolic and Vascular Adaptations to Exercise Training." The agenda for the webinar includes an introduction and announcements, presentations from Dr. Curtis Huey and Mr. Haoxuan Liu, and a question and answer segment. Dr. Huey's presentation focuses on the role of gluconeogenesis in liver lipid balance during exercise and its significance in preventing fatty liver disease. His research findings suggest that gluconeogenesis is necessary for maintaining liver lipid homeostasis during acute exercise, and impairing gluconeogenesis leads to an accumulation of liver fat. However, exercise training can still lower liver fat, even in the absence of gluconeogenesis. Dr. Liu's presentation summarizes a comprehensive review of reviews that explore the impact of exercise training on arterial stiffness, measured by pulse wave velocity, in various populations. The findings indicate that exercise training, particularly aerobic training and low to moderate intensity resistance training, can improve arterial stiffness in healthy adults, patients with kidney disease, individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease, postmenopausal females, and other clinical populations. The review also suggests that the combination of aerobic and resistance training may result in greater improvements in arterial stiffness compared to either modality alone. Overall, the webinar provides insights into the metabolic and vascular benefits of exercise training and highlights the importance of exercise for preventing and managing various health conditions.

Keywords

Exercise training

Gluconeogenesis

Liver lipid balance

Fatty liver disease

Arterial stiffness

Pulse wave velocity

Aerobic training

Resistance training

Health conditions