Effects of the Curves fitness & weight loss program in women with medically managed conditions: training adaptations Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • 146 sedentary women (5010 yrs, 1626 cm; 9520 kg; 465% body fat, 367 kg/m2) with medicallymanaged conditions were assigned to an exercise & no diet group (E) or a low calorie high carbohydrate (HC) or high protein (HP) diet. Diets consisted of 1,200 kcal/d for 1wk and 1,600 kcal/d for 9 wks of either HC (55% C, 15% P, 30% F) or HP (15% C, 55% P, 30% F). During weeks 1014, subjects consumed a HC maintenance diet (2,600 kcals/d) and were instructed to diet for 2d at 1,200 kcals/d if they gain 3 lbs. Subjects participated in a supervised Curves fitness program 3d per wk. Fitness and health measurements were obtained at 0, 10 and 14 weeks. Data are presented as means SD changes from baseline. Training significantly increased (p<0.05) 1RM bench press (1522%), 1RM leg press (2329%), BP lifting volume (3755%), LP lifting volume (2329%), and relative peak oxygen uptake (7.419%) while decreasing waist circumference (3.25%), hip circumference (2.84%), resting HR (3.015%), total CHL (1.416%), and LDL (2.818%). No significant differences (p>0.05) were observed in changes in resting SBP (0.813%), DBP (0.714%), glucose (0.119%), triglycerides (0.834%), or HDL (0.120%). Results indicate that the Curves program improves selected markers of health and fitness in women with medicallymanaged conditions.

published proceedings

  • FASEB JOURNAL

author list (cited authors)

  • Ferreira, M., Li, R., Parker, A., Galbreath, M., Jitomir, J., Serra, M., ... Kreider, R.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Ferreira, M||Li, R||Parker, A||Galbreath, M||Jitomir, J||Serra, M||Beavers, K||Dove, J||Culbertson, J||Shelmadine, B||Curts, C||Moreillon, J||Byrd, M||Deike, E||Rasmussen, C||Wilson, R||Kreider, R

publication date

  • April 2008

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