Aerobic Training Reduces the Risk Factors of Coronary Heart Diseases And Enhances the Antioxidant Status Among Middle Aged Obese Men

Abstract

Regular exercise training is recognized as a powerful tool to improve work capacity, endothelial function and the cardiovascular risk profile in obesity. To achieve this purpose the present research was undertaken to investigate that the effect of aerobic training programme performed at different intensities reduces the lipid profiles and enhances the antioxidant status in middle aged obese men. In our study thirty men with coronary heart disease and their age ranges between 35 and 40 years were selected as subjects. They were divided into three groups with 10 members of each. Group I and Group II treated as experimental groups performing aerobic training at low intensity and medium intensity whereas group III remains as control with no practice of aerobic training other than regular activities. Aerobic training programme was conducted for a period of 3 months (3days/week) to the experimental groups. Data were collected and biochemical analysis was done. We observed significant alterations on lipid profiles and enhancement in the antioxidant status in aerobic training groups. Studies also proved that better effect was seen in medium intensity of aerobic training groups than others. Results were statistically analyzed using Anova and DMRT and are significant at p<0.05. Hence the study concludes that aerobic training plays a vital role in reducing the risk factors of cardiac disease by retaining the antioxidant status and shows the importance of health benefits of the today’s well being.