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<italic>Study aim:</italic> The aim of our study was to determine whether six weeks of CrossFit training, a popular form of high-intensity training, improves the atherogenic index of plasma and blood lipid profile indicators in young healthy men.
<italic>Material and methods:</italic> Twenty-nine young, normolipidemic men (age 23.3 ± 2.4 years, height 181 ± 6.2 cm, BMI 24.4 ± 1.7) participated in a six-week CrossFit program. Total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), autoantibodies against oxidized LDL (oLAB), and triglycerides (TG) were determined before and after completion of 6 weeks of CrossFit training, before, 3 minutes, and 60 minutes after the VO2max cycling test to exhaustion. Based on lipids, the atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) and the ratios TC/HDL-C, LDL-C/HDL-C, and TG/HDL-C were calculated.
<italic>Results:</italic> A statistically significant main effect was found for the measures TG and HDL-C for the predictor variable TIME (p = 0.04 and p = 0.02, respectively). No significant main effect was found for the predictor variable TRIAL or the TRIAL × TIME interaction.
<italic>Conclusions:</italic> The statistically significant changes observed after cycling to exhaustion confirm that intense physical exercise affects lipid metabolism. Six weeks of CrossFit training had no effect on the statistically significant changes in plasma lipid profile and AIP in young healthy men.
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Study aim: The aim of our study was to determine whether six weeks of CrossFit training, a popular form of high-intensity training, improves the atherogenic index of plasma and blood lipid profile indicators in young healthy men.
Material and methods: Twenty-nine young, normolipidemic men (age 23.3 ± 2.4 years, height 181 ± 6.2 cm, BMI 24.4 ± 1.7) participated in a six-week CrossFit program. Total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), autoantibodies against oxidized LDL (oLAB), and triglycerides (TG) were determined before and after completion of 6 weeks of CrossFit training, before, 3 minutes, and 60 minutes after the VO2max cycling test to exhaustion. Based on lipids, the atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) and the ratios TC/HDL-C, LDL-C/HDL-C, and TG/HDL-C were calculated.
Results: A statistically significant main effect was found for the measures TG and HDL-C for the predictor variable TIME (p = 0.04 and p = 0.02, respectively). No significant main effect was found for the predictor variable TRIAL or the TRIAL × TIME interaction.
Conclusions: The statistically significant changes observed after cycling to exhaustion confirm that intense physical exercise affects lipid metabolism. Six weeks of CrossFit training had no effect on the statistically significant changes in plasma lipid profile and AIP in young healthy men.

Effect of six weeks of CrossFit training on blood lipid profile and atherogenic index of plasma in young healthy men: A pilot study

Institute of Health Sciences, University of Opole

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: The aim of our study was to determine whether six weeks of CrossFit training, a popular form of high-intensity training, improves the atherogenic...

Effect of six weeks of CrossFit training on blood lipid profile and atherogenic index of plasma in young healthy men: A pilot study

Published Online: Jun 19, 2024

Page range: 185 - 193

Received: Nov 25, 2023

Accepted: May 13, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2024-0019

Keywords
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Triglycerides, Autoantibodies against oxidized LDL, High-intensity training

© 2024 Przemysław Domaszewski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Effect of six weeks of CrossFit training on blood lipid profile and atherogenic index of plasma in young healthy men: A pilot study

Published Online: Jun 19, 2024

Page range: 185 - 193

Received: Nov 25, 2023

Accepted: May 13, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2024-0019

KeywordsHigh-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Triglycerides, Autoantibodies against oxidized LDL, High-intensity training

© 2024 Przemysław Domaszewski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Triglycerides, Autoantibodies against oxidized LDL, High-intensity training