Metabolic and lipid profile of middle-aged sedentary women doing aerobic exercise plus weightlifting

Kıyıcı F.

5th World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES), Rome, İtalya, 5 - 08 Şubat 2013, cilt.116, ss.3935-3939 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 116
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.01.870
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Rome
  • Basıldığı Ülke: İtalya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3935-3939
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Aerobic exercise, weightlifting training, blood lipids, cardiac response, BLOOD-PRESSURE, CHOLESTEROL, MEN
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Middle-aged sedentary females (42.8 +/- 4.1 years, mean +/- SD) were subjected to aerobic exercise (AE, n=20) and aerobic exercise with weightlifting (AEWT, n=18) 3 times a week for a period of 20 weeks to determine changes in body weight, body fat, blood pressure, heart rate, and serum lipid profile. At the end of training program, subjects in both groups lost weight and body fat. Cardiac parameters and serum lipid profile also decreased in both groups. These beneficial changes were noted at a greater extent in the subjects performing AE than in the subjects performing AEWT. In conclusion, light but continuous exercise is sufficient to achieve health benefits in middle-aged sedentary women. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.