Alterations on health variables of women engaged in a public physical exercise program

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, kaimi Pereira
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Flores, Carlos Eduardo Silva, Pires Neto, Cândido Simões
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Motriz (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.periodicos.rc.biblioteca.unesp.br/index.php/motriz/article/view/1980-6574.2010v16n1p162
• topic: Antropometria; aptidão física; freqüência cardíaca.

The ageing process produce deleterious effects upon health, performance and leanness-obesity which in turn it restrain human functionality. This study analyzed eventual effects of seven months of exercises upon health indicators of women involved at a physical exercise public program. During seven months, 18 women participated in 50 min exercise activities (3x week), at Centro de Esporte e Lazer (Center for Sports and Leisure) Vila Oficinas, Curitiba, PR. Body mass, stature, BMI, WHR, %fat, abdominal strength (AS), flexibility (FLEX), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), estimated VO2max and resting heart rate (RHR) were compared. Statistics consisted of descriptive and Student’s dependent t test, p≤0.05. Results showed that only RHR and age were significantly altered. It can be concluded that physical activities were effective to promote a RHR reduction and a VO2 increment both followed by a lower BM and BMI values, although AS, WHR, and flexibility remained steady.