Title Aerobic exercise-induced changes in body composition and blood lipids in young women
Another Title Merginų kūno sandaros ir kraujo lipidų pokyčiai, sąlygoti aerobinių pratimų poveikio.
Authors Stasiulis, Arvydas ; Mockienė, Asta ; Vizbaraitė, Daiva ; Mockus, Pranas
DOI 10.3390/medicina46020019
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Is Part of Medicina.. Kaunas : Kauno medicinos universitetas. 2010, T. 46, nr. 2, p. 129-134.. ISSN 1010-660X
Keywords [eng] Aerobic training ; Cycling ergometry ; Body composition ; Blood lipids
Abstract [eng] The objective of the study was to assess changes in body composition, blood lipid and lipoprotein concentrations in 18–24-year-old women during the period of two-month aerobic cycling training. Material and methods. Young, healthy, nonsmoking women (n=19) volunteered to participate in this study. They were divided in two groups: experimental (E, n=10) and control (C, n=9). The subjects of group E exercised 3 times a week with intensity of the first ventilatory threshold and duration of 60 min. The group C did not exercise regularly over a two-month period of the experiment. The subjects of group E were tested before and after 2, 4, 6 and 8 weeks of the experiment. The participants of group C were tested twice with an eight-week interval. Results. Body weight, body mass index, body fat mass, and triacylglycerol (TAG) concentration decreased and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-ch) concentration increased after the 8-week training program in the experimental group (P<0.05). Blood total cholesterol (Tch) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-ch) concentrations did not change significantly. Body weight and body mass index started to decrease after 2 weeks of the experiment, but significant changes were observed only after 6 and 8 weeks. Body fat mass was significantly decreased after 2 and 8 weeks of aerobic training. A significant increase in HDL-ch concentration was observed after 4, 6, and 8 weeks. A significant decrease in TAG concentration was observed after 2-week training. No significant changes in all the parameters except TAG (it was slightly increased) were seen in the control group. Conclusions. The two-month aerobic cycling training (within VT1, 60-min duration, three times a week) may induce significant changes in the parameters of body composition – body weight, body mass index, body fat mass, and blood lipids – in young women. [...].
Published Kaunas : Kauno medicinos universitetas
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2010