The effects of regular step-aerobic exercises on body fat values of adult sedentary women<p>Düzenli step-aerobik egzersizlerinin yetişkin sedanter kadınlarda vücut yağ değerlerine etkisi

Journal Title: Journal of Human Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 13, Issue 3

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of 12-week regular step aerobic exercises on body fat values of adult sedentary women. 35 female joined to the study voluntarily who work as academic and administrative staff in Isparta Süleyman Demirel University. Step aerobic exercises were applied to the participants regularly as 12 weeks, 3 days a week, 60 minutes a day. The tempo of music in the exercises was based on “Bpm≥120”. Body fat ratios and fat mass measurements were taken with TANITA BC 418 Professional Body Analysis Device. Datas were compared by using “Repeated-Measures ANOVA” at SPSS 18 Statistics Programme. Participants’ mean of age was calculated 35,20±6,26 years and mean of lenght was calculated 168,48±5,09 cm. There were no statistical differences as a result of comparison of pre, mid and post-test weight, body fat ratio, fat mass and body mass index values taken from participants (p&gt;0,05). As a result, according to findings handled from the research and similar studies in the literature, it can be thought that short-term Step-Aerobic exercises can cause reductions in body fat ratio values; but cannot cause reductions in weight and body mass index values because of the increment in muscle mass. Planning long-term exercises can be suggested to the future studies for being seen positive effects in these values. Additionally, for optimum physical fitness, these can be suggested to the participants that they should pay attention to their eating habits and should attend the exercises with a dietician control. ÖzetBu çalışmanın amacı, 12 haftalık düzenli step aerobik egzersizlerinin yetişkin sedanter kadınlarda vücut yağ değerlerine etkisinin incelenmesidir. Araştırmaya Isparta Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi’nde akademik ve idari personel olarak çalışan 35 kadın gönüllü katıldı.  Katılımcılara düzenli olarak 12 hafta, haftada 3 gün, günde 60 dakika step aerobik egzersizleri uygulandı. Egzersizlerde müzik temposu “Bpm≥120” olarak baz alındı. Vücut yağ yüzdesi ve yağ kütlesi ölçümleri TANİTA BC 418 Profesyonel Vücut Analiz Cihazı ile alındı. Veriler SPSS 18.0 programında “Repeated-Measures ANOVA” kullanılarak analiz edildi. Katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 35,20±6,26 yıl ve boy ortalaması 168,48±5,09 cm olarak hesaplandı.  Katılımcılardan alınan vücut ağırlığı, vücut yağ yüzdesi, yağ kütlesi ve beden kütle endeksi ön, ara, son test değerlerinin karşılaştırılması sonucunda istatistiksel olarak farka rastlanmadı (p&gt;0,05). Sonuç olarak, araştırmada ve literatürdeki benzer çalışmalardan elde edilen bulgulara göre, kısa dönem Step-Aerobik egzersizlerinin vücut yağ yüzdesi değerlerinde azalmaya neden olabileceği; fakat vücut ağırlığı ve beden kütle endeksi değerlerinde azalmaya neden olmamasının kas kütlesindeki artıştan dolayı olduğu düşünülmektedir. İleride yapılacak araştırmalarda bu değerlerde pozitif etkilerin görülebilmesi için daha uzun süreli egzersizlerin planlanması önerilebilir. Ek olarak, optimum fiziksel uygunluk için planlanan egzersizlerin yanı sıra katılımcılara bu tip egzersizlerde beslenme alışkanlıklarına dikkat etmeleri ve bir diyetisyen kontrolünde egzersizlere katılmaları önerilebilir.

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Şeyma Kurşun, Gürhan Suna, Mahmut Alp

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Şeyma Kurşun, Gürhan Suna, Mahmut Alp (2016). The effects of regular step-aerobic exercises on body fat values of adult sedentary women<p>Düzenli step-aerobik egzersizlerinin yetişkin sedanter kadınlarda vücut yağ değerlerine etkisi. Journal of Human Sciences, 13(3), 4973-4979. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-644476