1. Short-term water-based aerobic training promotes improvements in aerobic conditioning parameters of mature women.
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Costa, Rochelle Rocha, Reichert, Thais, Coconcelli, Leandro, Simmer, Nicole Monticelli, Bagatini, Natália Carvalho, Buttelli, Adriana Cristine Koch, Bracht, Cláudia Gomes, Stein, Ricardo, and Kruel, Luiz Fernando Martins
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Aging is accompanied by a decrease in aerobic capacity. Therefore, physical training has been recommended to soften the effects of advancement age. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of a short-term water-based aerobic training on resting heart rate (HR rest ), heart rate corresponding to anaerobic threshold (HR AT ), peak heart rate (HR peak ), percentage value of HR AT in relation to HR peak and test duration (TD) of mature women. Twenty-two women (65.91 ± 4.83 years) were submitted to a five-week water-based interval aerobic training. Aerobic capacity parameters were evaluated through an aquatic incremental test. After training, there was an increase in TD (16%) and HR AT percentage in relation to HR peak (4.68%), and a reduction of HR rest (9%). It is concluded that a water-based aerobic interval training prescribed through HR AT of only five weeks is able to promote improvements in aerobic capacity of mature women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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