THE EFFECTS OF A SIX-MONTH TRAINING PROGRAMME ON RUNNING ENDURANCE, MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACHERISTICS AND SOME AEROBIC ABILITY PARAMETERS OF ADULT WOMEN WITH DIFFERENT PHYSICAL ABILITIES

Authors

  • Matej Plevnik University of Primorska Science and Research Centre Koper
  • Rado Pišot University of Primorska Science and Research Centre Koper
  • Branko Škof University of Ljubljana Faculty of sport

Abstract

This study reveals the results of a six-month training programme between a recreational group of previously physically inactive women (Group 1) and an already regularly active recreational group of female runners (Group 2). The sample consisted of 28 women, 13 in Group 1 (age (yr) = 41.7 ± 14.3, BMI = 26.8 ± 3.4) and 15 in Group 2 (age (yr) = 38.3 ± 7.8, BMI = 21.5 ± 1.7). Despite different initial values, the results in both groups showed an improvement in measured parameters that were more pronounced in Group 1; however, in comparisons carried out between the two groups, only Group 1 achieved a statistically significant improvement in relative maximal oxygen uptake (ml/min/kg). The results demonstrate that the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), whose guidelines suggests at least 30 min of physical activity per day, are suitable for improving and maintaining functional abilities, including those of previously inactive groups (Group 1) as well as recreational groups (Group 2) of female runners.

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Plevnik, M., Pišot, R., & Škof, B. (2012). THE EFFECTS OF A SIX-MONTH TRAINING PROGRAMME ON RUNNING ENDURANCE, MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACHERISTICS AND SOME AEROBIC ABILITY PARAMETERS OF ADULT WOMEN WITH DIFFERENT PHYSICAL ABILITIES. Annales Kinesiologiae, 3(2). Retrieved from http://ojs.zrs-kp.si/index.php/AK/article/view/89

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