2021, Volume 17
Influence of a 16-week training program with Muay Thai components on BMI, body composition, and risk of sudden cardiac death among obese men
PeiJun Huang1, Pavel Ermakov2, Olga Fedotova3, Ilia Cherkashin4, Elena Cherkashina5, Jian Ge6, Artur Kruszewski7
1Physical Culture, Moscow State Academy of Physical Culture, Moscow, Russia
2Psychophysiology of consciousness. Department of Psychophysiology and Clinical Psychology, Don State Technical University. Southern Federal University , Rostov on Don, Russia
31. Head of the Department “Primary education” 2. Department of Education and Pedagogical Sciences, 1. Don State Technical University 2. Southern Federal University , Rostov on Don, Russia
41. Institute of Physical Culture and Sports 2. Department of Physical Education and Sports 3. Research Institute of Information Technologies 4. Research department, 1. North-Eastern Federal University; 2. Arctic State Agrotechnological University; 3. Moscow State Academy of Physical Culture in Moscow Region, Malakhovka. 4. Churapcha State Institute of physical culture and sports, Yakutsk, Russia
5Institute of Physical Culture and Sports, North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk, Russia
6Haikou Silk Road Social Science Research Institute, Haikou Silk Road Social Science Research Institute, Haikou, China
7Department of Individual Sports , Jozef Pilsudski Uniwersity of Physical Education in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Author for correspondence: Artur Kruszewski; Department of Individual Sports , Jozef Pilsudski Uniwersity of Physical Education in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; email: artur.kruszewski@awf.edu.pl
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Abstract
Background and Study Aim: Physical activity is an essential component of a non-drug therapy method for obese individuals. Aim of this study is knowledge about influence of a 16-week training program with Muay Thai components on BMI, body composition, and the risk of sudden cardiac death among obese men.
Material and Methods: The study involved 24 obese men with BMI 36.49 ±4.05 kg/m2. They were divided into experimental and control groups of 12 persons each. The experimental group consisted of men aged 47.83 ±5.73 years, including six persons with class I obesity (BMI = 30.40-34.56 kg/m2), three with class II obesity (BMI = 35.57-37.50 kg/m2) and also three with class III obesity (BMI = 40.01-46.60 kg/m2). The control group consisted of men aged 47.17 ±5.38 years, including four persons with class I obesity (BMI = 31.00-32.93 kg/m2), five with class II obesity (BMI = 35.32-38.30 kg/m2) and three with class III obesity (BMI = 40.90-43.60 kg/m2). During the experiment the experimental group was engaged in a special 16-week training program with Muay Thai components. Body weight, BMI, body component composition, and risk of sudden cardiac death (according to ECG data and heart rate variability) were measured twice before and after the experiment. The men of the experimental group underwent pedagogical testing twice.
Results: A reliably significant decrease in body weight, BMI, and body fat percentage in general and separately in the limbs and abdomen was found among men of the experimental group after 16 weeks of training with Muay Thai components (p<0.05). Ten HRV (heart rate variability) indicators had shown reliably significantly improvement, which had a positive effect on the activity of the cardiovascular system. As a result, the risk of sudden cardiac death decreased among men of the experimental group. Their physical fitness indicators (p<0.05) had also shown significant increase.
Conclusions: We determined the positive influence of a 16-week training program with Muay Thai components on body weight, BMI, body component composition, heart rate variability, risk of sudden cardiac death, and physical fitness of obese men. We are recommending this program for obese men in their 40s and 60s who follow a sedentary lifestyle.
Key words: body mass, cardio-vascular system, heart rate variability, obesity therapy, physical activity