Zumba Fitness To Improve Body Composition & Physical Fitness In Inactive Employed Females: 216 Board# 37 May 31 11: 00 AM-12: 30 PM

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PURPOSE: to investigate the effect of two exercise interventions based on Zumba Fitness and Bodyweight training on body composition and physical fitness in inactive employed females. METHODS: A total of 56 inactive employed female participated in this study (38.7+ 1.00-yr). The sample was randomly divided into two groups: Zumba Fitness (Z, n= 28, 1hour/per session) and Zumba Fitness+ 20 minutes of Bodyweight training (ZB, n= 28, 1.33 hours/per week), including both 3 days per week. Body composition (BMI, Fat mass, muscle mass and 6-skinfold) and Physical Fitness through Alpha Fitness Battery for adults: Motor fitness (one leg stand test), Musculoskeletal fitness (shoulder and neck mobility test, jump and reach test, hand-grip test and sit up test), and cardiorespiratory fitness (2-km test) was analyzed at baseline and 16-weeks post-interventions. A Factorial Anova was used to analyze the effects and interactions of the type of intervention and the measure moments on body composition and physical fitness variables. RESULTS: The type of intervention showed a significant effect only in the case of rest heart rate after 2-km test, which was lower in ZB group compared with Z group (MD= 9.53. 45 bpm, p= 0.011). However, both interventions showed a significantly effects (p< 0.05) on the majority of the studied variables compared baseline with postintervention. BMI, fat mass, muscle mass, 6-skinfold, one leg stand test, hand grip test, and 2-km test, enhanced for both group after interventions, however, Z group reached the higher improvements. Shoulder and neck mobility test, sit up test and the Heart Rate post-2km test, only improved after …

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2017

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