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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Physiol.
Sec. Exercise Physiology
Volume 16 - 2025 |
doi: 10.3389/fphys.2025.1519180
This article is part of the Research Topic Comprehensive Evaluation of Various Training Protocols for Youth: Effects on Body Composition, Hemodynamics, and Motor Performance View all 7 articles
Impact of aerobic, resistance, and combined training on cardiometabolic healthrelated indicators in inactive middle-aged men with excess body weight and obesity
Provisionally accepted
Friew Amare Mengistu *
Yehualaw Alemu Lake *
Mollalign Enichalew L Yalemsew Demilie L Solomon Adamu A - Debre Markos University, Debre Marqos, Ethiopia
: Twenty physically inactive men (49.15 ± 2.581 years) and BMI with 27.66± 0.91, participated in an 8-month training programme involving concurrent exercise (CT), resistance training (RT), and aerobic training (AT) program to determine the effects on fasting blood glucose (FBG), insulin resistance (IR), blood pressure (BP) and waist to hip ratio (WHR) in overweight and obese adult persons. This study was used a randomized repeated measures parallel experimental design. Results: Exercise modality had a significant effect on FBG (F (2, 26) = 10.656, p = 0.001, η² = 0.571), with RT and CT showing greater reductions than AT. IR decreased more in RT than in AT (MD = 0.410 ± 0.101, p = 0.03). SBP also varied significantly between modalities (F (2, 26) = 13.103, p = 0.02, η² = 0.528), with CT and RT showing larger reductions than AT. WHR differed significantly (F (2, 16) = 18.175, p = 0.001, η² = 0.694), with AT and CT showing more reductions than RT. Diastolic blood pressure (DBP) showed no significant effect from exercise modality. Conclusion: These findings highlight the importance of tailored exercise interventions, with short rest RT and CT emerging as the most effective method for inactive overweight and obese individuals.
Keywords: Fasting blood glucose, Insulin Resistance, Resistance Training, aerobic training, Concurrent training
Received: 29 Oct 2024; Accepted: 30 Jan 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Friew Amare Mengistu, Debre Markos University, Debre Marqos, Ethiopia
Yehualaw Alemu Lake, Debre Markos University, Debre Marqos, Ethiopia
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