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01-04-2019 | Obesity | Original Article

Effects of various interval training regimes on changes in maximal oxygen uptake, body composition, and muscular strength in sedentary women with obesity

Authors: Amy Clark, Annie B. De La Rosa, Jamie L. DeRevere, Todd A. Astorino

Published in: European Journal of Applied Physiology | Issue 4/2019

Abstract

Purpose

We determined the effects of two high-intensity interval training (HIIT) regimens [the traditional (TRAD) and periodized (PER)] on changes in maximal oxygen uptake (VO₂max), body composition, and muscular strength in sedentary, obese women.

Methods

Seventeen women (age and BMI = 37.5 ± 10.5 year and 39.1 ± 4.3 kg/m²) were randomized into a 6 week regime of TRAD or PER which consisted of three sessions per week, two in the laboratory, and one on their own. Pre- and post-training, VO₂max, body composition, and muscular strength of the knee extensors (KE) and flexors (KF) were assessed via ramp cycling to exhaustion, air displacement plethysmography, and isokinetic dynamometry, respectively.

Results

VO₂max was increased by 4–5% in response to training (p = 0.045) with no group-by-time interaction (p = 0.79). Body mass, fat mass, and waist-to-hip ratio were unaltered (p > 0.05) in response to training, yet there was a significant change in percent body fat (p = 0.03), percent fat-free mass (p = 0.03), and absolute fat-free mass (p = 0.03) in TRAD but not PER. No change occurred in KE (p = 0.36) or KF torque (p = 0.75) in response to training and there was no group-by-time interaction (p > 0.05).

Conclusions

Low-volume HIIT improved VO₂max and body composition but did not modify muscular strength, which suggests that obese women desiring to increase strength should initiate more intense HIIT or partake in formal resistance training.

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Title: Effects of various interval training regimes on changes in maximal oxygen uptake, body composition, and muscular strength in sedentary women with obesity
Authors: Amy Clark
Annie B. De La Rosa
Jamie L. DeRevere
Todd A. Astorino
Publication date: 01-04-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Obesity
Obesity
Published in: European Journal of Applied Physiology / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 1439-6319
Electronic ISSN: 1439-6327
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-019-04077-x

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