Ntshaba, Samuel and Mhlongo, Mbali and Erasmus, Henrico and Shaw, Ina and Shaw, Brandon Stuwart (2021) Combined Aerobic and Resistance Training Lowers Body Fat Percentage in Rural Black South African Women. Asian Journal of Sports Medicine, 12 (2). pp. 1-6. DOI https://doi.org/10.5812/asjsm.106598
Ntshaba, Samuel and Mhlongo, Mbali and Erasmus, Henrico and Shaw, Ina and Shaw, Brandon Stuwart (2021) Combined Aerobic and Resistance Training Lowers Body Fat Percentage in Rural Black South African Women. Asian Journal of Sports Medicine, 12 (2). pp. 1-6. DOI https://doi.org/10.5812/asjsm.106598
Ntshaba, Samuel and Mhlongo, Mbali and Erasmus, Henrico and Shaw, Ina and Shaw, Brandon Stuwart (2021) Combined Aerobic and Resistance Training Lowers Body Fat Percentage in Rural Black South African Women. Asian Journal of Sports Medicine, 12 (2). pp. 1-6. DOI https://doi.org/10.5812/asjsm.106598
Abstract
Background: Obesity is currently one of the most dominating diseases affecting younger adults in South Africa. This is commonly caused by a poor lifestyle, which may lead to an increased risk of non-communicable diseases. Objectives: The aim of the study was to examine if a six-week concurrent resistance and aerobic training program could elicit body composition and cardiorespiratory changes in rural black college women. Methods: Forty sedentary black females (aged 18 - 25 years) were randomly assigned to a combined resistance and aerobic training (COM) group (n = 20) or a control group (n = 20). The COM group participated in four times weekly aerobic and resistance training. Aerobic training consisted of 30 minutes a session (week 1 - 3: cycling for 3 minutes at 60% heart rate reserve (HRR), followed by 2 minutes at 50% HRR; week 4 - 6: 3 minutes at 70% HRR, followed by 2 minutes at 60% HRR). Resistance training consisted of participants training at 50% of their one-repetition maximum (1-RM) for week 1 - 3, doing 3 sets of 15 repetitions; for week 4 - 6 at 60% 1-RM, doing 3 sets of 15 repetitions. Results: Following the intervention, the COM group significantly (P ≤ 0.05) decreased their body fat percentage when compared to the control group (P = 0.006; d = 0.9), while no significant changes were observed in waist-to-hip ratio (P = 0.223) and cardiorespiratory endurance (P = 0.260) in either group. Conclusions: Although body composition (especially waist circumference and body fat percentage) and cardiorespiratory fitness are recommended as the main targets of physical activity programs aimed at preventing CVD in college students, this study demonstrated that a six-week concurrent program improved body fat percentage, and not WHR and cardiorespiratory fitness, in sedentary rural college-aged females. Further, these findings suggest that one method of program design does not fit all populations and that exercise prescription should be targeted and not generalized.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | combined training; endurance exercise; inactive; strength training; weight training |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2024 08:19 |
Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2024 08:21 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/38846 |
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