The Effect of a Mixed Circuit of Aerobic and Resistance Training on Body Composition in Older Adults—Retrospective Study

Anna Pieczyńska, Ewa Zasadzka, Tomasz Trzmiel, Małgorzata Pyda and Mariola Pawlaczyk
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Anna Pieczyńska: Department of Occupational Therapy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-781 Poznań, Poland
Ewa Zasadzka: Department of Occupational Therapy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-781 Poznań, Poland
Tomasz Trzmiel: Department of Occupational Therapy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-781 Poznań, Poland
Małgorzata Pyda: First Department of Cardiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-848 Poznań, Poland
Mariola Pawlaczyk: Department and Division of Practical Cosmetology and Skin Diseases Prophylaxis, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-623 Poznań, Poland

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 11, 1-12

Abstract: Ageing is inevitably associated with body composition changes, such as loss of muscle mass, increase in the total fat mass, and unfavorable reduction of subcutaneous fat. Physical activity exerts significant effects on the body composition. The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of two different weekly doses of resistance-aerobic training on the body composition in older people. The study consisted in a retrospective data analysis of fitness club members aged ?60. The trainees participated in resistance-aerobic training sessions two or three times/week for a minimum of two months. A body composition analysis was performed before and after the training sessions. Group 1 (36 subjects) and Group 2 (28 subjects) had two and three training sessions/week, respectively. A higher skeletal muscle mass was found in Group 1 and lower waist-hip-ratio indices were observed in Group 2. No statistically significant differences were found in the body mass, skeletal muscle mass, fat mass, total body water, lean mass, body mass index, visceral fat area between both groups. The number of training session/week proved to be statistically insignificant for all investigated variables. Resistance-aerobic training with two sessions/week may be as effective in maintaining proper body composition in older people as the same training at the dose of three sessions/week.

Keywords: body composition; exercise training; older adults; physical activity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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