<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><italic>Study aim</italic>: To assess the effects of aerobic training on body fat content and serum lipid profile.<italic>Material and methods</italic>: A group of 45 male members of Brazilian Military Police Academy, aged 18 - 32 years, were subjected randomly assigned into 3 subgroups and to 12-week programmes: aerobic fatmax zone training (FG; n = 18), traditional military training (TM; n = 15) and non-training control group (C; n = 12). Body fat content (3 skinfolds), serum lipid profile (total cholesterol, LDL, HDL and triglycerides), waist circumference (WC) and O2max (12-min test) were determined.<italic>Results</italic>: O2max significantly (p&lt;0.05) increased and body fat content decreased in both experimental group compared with the control one. Significant (p&lt;0.05) reductions in WC and LDL vs. control group were observed in the TM group only.<italic>Conclusions</italic>: The applied aerobic training induced a decrease in percent body fat irrespectively of the kind of training.</abstract>

Study aim: To assess the effects of aerobic training on body fat content and serum lipid profile.Material and methods: A group of 45 male members of Brazilian Military Police Academy, aged 18 - 32 years, were subjected randomly assigned into 3 subgroups and to 12-week programmes: aerobic fatmax zone training (FG; n = 18), traditional military training (TM; n = 15) and non-training control group (C; n = 12). Body fat content (3 skinfolds), serum lipid profile (total cholesterol, LDL, HDL and triglycerides), waist circumference (WC) and O2max (12-min test) were determined.Results: O2max significantly (p<0.05) increased and body fat content decreased in both experimental group compared with the control one. Significant (p<0.05) reductions in WC and LDL vs. control group were observed in the TM group only.Conclusions: The applied aerobic training induced a decrease in percent body fat irrespectively of the kind of training.

Effects of two kinds of aerobic training on body fat content and serum lipid profile in cadets

Laboratory of Human Motricity Biosciences (LABIMH-UCB/RJ)I

Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences (PPGCSa), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal

Army's Physical Capacitation Research Institute, Rio de Janeiro

Cosendey's Research Institute (IPECORJ), Brazil

Biomedical Human Kinetics

Study aim: To assess the effects of aerobic training on body fat content and serum lipid profile.Material and methods: A group of 45 male members of Brazilian...

Effects of two kinds of aerobic training on body fat content and serum lipid profile in cadets

Publié en ligne: 26 oct. 2009

Pages: 72 - 75

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10101-009-0018-6

Mots clés
Fatmax zone, Military training, Body fat content, Serum lipid profile

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Effects of two kinds of aerobic training on body fat content and serum lipid profile in cadets

Publié en ligne: 26 oct. 2009

Pages: 72 - 75

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10101-009-0018-6

Mots clésFatmax zone, Military training, Body fat content, Serum lipid profile

This content is open access.

Mots clés
Fatmax zone, Military training, Body fat content, Serum lipid profile