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Study aim
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Investigating the effect of 7-minute intense exercise on health-related indicators, body composition and sugar and fat profile in women with overweight and obesity and lack of physical activity.
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Design
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clinical trial, randomized with control group, single blinded, with parallel groups design of 45 participants which rand function of Excel software was used for randomization
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Settings and conduct
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The place of research: Isfahan University. After the pre-test in the 7-minute training group, training will be carried out for two days under the supervision of a sports expert at the University of Isfahan and four days at home with telephone supervision at the end of every week. The walking training group also takes a 30-minute walk with moderate intensity at Isfahan University
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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The inclusion criteria : overweight and obese women aged 25 to 65
Exclusion criteria : participation in regular physical activity, history of
cardiorespiratory diseases, pregnancy , smoking, weight loss diet.
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Intervention groups
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7-minute training group: training protocol: including butterfly, sitting on the wall, swimming, sit-ups, stairs, squats, back of the arm, front plank, kneeling, plank with turning to the sides , front lunge and side plank. 30 seconds of activity, 10 seconds of rest
Walking group: 30-minute walking training protocol with moderate intensity (60-70% of maximum heart rate).
The control group does their daily routine
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Main outcome variables
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skin fold; waist to hip ratio; blood pressure;hand grip; FBS; triglyceride; cholesterol; HDL; LDL