SPORT SCIENCE

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of selected aerobic exercise on lipid profile of obese individuals. Pre-post randomization design was used for this study. Twenty obese adults with age range between 30-40 years were selected through purposive sampling method for the study and the exercise program (3 days per week, 40 minutes for the first month, 50 mints for the second month, 60 min for the third month).The exercise program selected for the study were rope jumping, tread mill running and brisk walking. BMI, total cholesterol, triglyceride, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and parameters were selected and tested. The data was analyzed using statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 23. The data was initially subjected to descriptive statistic (mean and standard deviation) then a further analysis was computed using independent t-test with P value < 0.05 to analyze the difference between pretest and post test results of obese adults. The result of the current study after 12 week continues training TC, LDL and TG test mean value for experimental group was decreased by -35.4 mg/DL, -30.4 mg/DL, -34 mg/DL respectively and HDL was increased by 9.8 mg/DL. Correspondingly, the comparisons of mean result for control group on HDL was decreased by -o.9 mg/DL but, mean score on TC, LDL and TG shown increase by 7.7 mg/DL, 23.2 mg/DL and 17.3 mg/DL respectively. The result of the study indicated that there was significant difference between pretest and posttest of each parameter. Lipid profile improvement was significantly observed on experimental group due to 12 weeks aerobic exercise training program. Therefore, aerobics exercise intervention with specified period and intensity is recommendable to improve the lipid profile of obesity adults.