Козий Т. П., Доляновская Н. П. Influence of Multidirectional Physical Activity on Middle-Aged Women’s Body Shape
(2015) Science and education, 4, 80-86. Odessa.
DOI:
Tetiana Koziy,
PhD (Candidate of Biological Sciences),
Associate Professor of the Department of Human Health,
Kherson State University,
Natalia Dolianovska,
Fitness instructor, Fitness-club “Zateryannyy Mir”,
27, 40 Rokiv Zhovtnia, Kherson, Ukraine
INFLUENCE OF MULTIDIRECTIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN’S BODY SHAPE
SUMMARY:
The article deals with the dynamics of body shape of middle-aged women who do workouts and water fitness. It is shown that under the influence of physical activity training programs of functional training process of women’s body shape correction came to the same mechanism as that of the women who were engaged in aqua aerobics program, namely by burning body fat and building muscles, resulting in the increase of the amount of water in the bodies with more obvious changes of those women who were overweight at the initial stage. The authors have noticed more pronounced and significant changes in body shape of women with initial excessive body weight under the influence of water aerobic and power exercises. This fact gives a reason to state that water fitness programs aimed at correcting women’s body shape are very effective. The authors have revealed the inverse relation between indices of the amount of fat and water in middle-aged women’ bodies. On the other hand, there is a direct relation between the growth of lean body mass and the increase of water amount in a body, as muscles consist of 70-75% of water. All of the surveyed women’s bone mass indices are below the age norm and haven’t changed after the 3 months training. The amount of minerals depended on the fat content in the middle-aged women’s bodies, that is the lowest average bone mass index corresponded to the smallest index of body fat, and vice versa, which is associated with the ability of adipose tissue to produce hormone - estrogen, which regulates the absorption of calcium in the blood, which is the major mineral component of bone tissue. It is concluded that the 3-months water physical activity of aerobic-power orientation of medium intensity has resulted in more significant changes in the body shape of middle-aged women, which is why we can state the more efficiency of water fitness programs for the physiological correction of middle-aged women’s body shape developed and implemented by the authors
KEYWORDS:
functional training, aqua aerobics, body composition.
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