The aim of this study was to investigate the plasma adipokine responses to 
high-intensity interval training (HIT) in overweight/obese women. Twelve women 
(age 21.7 ± 3.8 years) completed a 19 days of HIT comprising six session of 4-6 
repeats of a Wingate test (0.065 kg load/kg). Plasma adipokine levels were 
measured before exercise, and at 5 and 90 min after exercise on the first and 
the last training days. Adiponectin was higher at 5 min than 90 min 
post-exercise (11.7 ± 7.3 and 10.5 ± 5.8 ng/ml; p = .01) in the first exercise 
day. Leptin decreased 5 min after exercise (23.6 ± 13.2 vs. baseline 
27.8 ± 14.4 ng/ml; p < .01) and remained depressed following 90 min (p < .01). 
The changes in adiponectin and leptin concentrations were similar on the first 
and last exercise days. No consistent effect was found on resistin 
concentration. Future studies are required to disclose the functional 
consequences of these alterations in plasma adipokine levels.