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This study compared the effects of High-intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) on blood lactate clearance. 21 adult males were equally and randomly assigned to the HIIT and MICT groups, and completed 8 weeks of training. Before the training intervention, after 4 weeks and 8 weeks of training, all subjects were tested for blood lactate levels between 0 and 55 min after the same high-intensity test. The results show that after 8 weeks, blood lactate levels were significantly lower than pre-tests in both the HIIT and MICT groups at "0-55 min" after high-intensity test (p < 0.05), and the blood lactate clearance percentage at15-min and 30-min in both groups were significantly higher than the pre-tests (P < 0.01). The blood lactate levels in the HIIT group were significantly lower than those in the MICT group at 15 min and 30 min after test (P < 0.05), and the blood lactate clearance percentage at 30 min in the HIIT group was significantly higher than those in the MICT group (P < 0.05). In conclusion, both HIIT and MICT enhance blood lactate clearance in adult males post high-intensity test, with HIIT demonstrating superior effectiveness, making it a viable alternative to MICT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is a gradual tendency towards prolonged bachelorhood among men in Nigeria. Studies have linked this to socio-economic factors, but this evidence is sparsely explored in the context of Nigeria. Hence, this study fills the knowledge gap. The 2016/17 Nigeria Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey data of 7803 adult men (aged 18–34 years) was analysed by using descriptive and fitting binary logitic regression and Cox regression models. Results show that slightly more than one-third of adult men in Nigeria (35%) had a marriage history and their median age at first marriage was about 24 years. Educated men (than the uneducated) and those in middle wealth group (than the poor men) were less likely to have ever been married and to delay marriage, respectively. Wealthy men were more likely to delay marriage. Employed men were more likely to have a marriage history and to delay marriage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aimed to understand the coping strategies used by men with Adult Onset Epileptic Seizures (AOES) following elective neurosurgery, and in particular, how those adaptive skills relate to their subjective wellbeing (SWB). Open-ended qualitative interviews were conducted with five men with a history of neurosurgery for AOES (aged 34–59). The interview data was thematically analysed utilising interpretive phenomenological analysis. The findings indicated that the men experienced significant role marginalisation by family and co-workers, and also poor communication provided by health care professionals. They reported a higher sense of SWB with the use of ego-buffering strategies, such as positive reframing, threat minimisation, emotional self-acceptance and engaging in wish-fulfilling fantasies. Self-blame led to lower SWB. Findings imply that agentic behaviour is important to successful living with AOES following neurosurgery. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A physically active lifestyle has many well-documented benefits. However, we are witnessing an epidemic of sedentary behaviour. Voluntary physical activity, i.e. recreational physical activity, has thus assumed central importance in satisfying the physical activity needs of humans. In order to tailor intervention programmes more individually, a 38-item questionnaire was designed to acquire information on how adult men spend their free time. The goal was to see if any grouping criteria may induce the grouping of the members of a wide male population into certain sub-population groups with recognizable demographic, social and material characteristics, particular health-related issues and specific attitudes towards free time and the way of spending it. The sample was comprised of 319 adult healthy men, from 19 to 67 years of age, from Central Bosnia. The cluster analysis, a method of multivariate hierarchical grouping with Euclidian distances, was used. Six distinct clusters were obtained: first cluster -- 18 % of subjects, age 36.2 yrs, most married, positively oriented towards physically active lifestyle, scarcely take medication, no health-related discomforts; second cluster -- 35 % of subjects, age 38.6 yrs, married, several children, would like to be more physically active because they are informed about the importance of exercise, but they are not very active and their discomforts are rather pronounced; third cluster -- 9 % of subjects, age 28.9 yrs, no marital or parental obligations, not physically active with negative attitudes towards an active lifestyle, under high stress, but feel no discomforts; fourth cluster -- 25 % of subjects, age 36.5 yrs, married, a smaller number of children, moderate values in all variables, except for the variables of health discomforts: the value is the highest in the entire sample; fifth cluster -- 6 % of subjects, age 45.5 yrs, the oldest in the sample, married, have many children, physical activity is not important to them, they hardly feel any discomforts probably due to the many medications they take; sixth cluster -- 7 % of subjects, age 24.8 yrs, no marital or parental obligations, not satisfied either with job no income, no prescribed medication and satisfied with their health status, but unexpectedly very high levels of reported health discomforts. Adequate intervention recreational and sporting activity programmes are proposed in accordance to the features of each cluster. Generally, a lack of information about the crucial role of a physically active lifestyle was observed throughout the clusters, as well as evident passive, consuming-absorbed attitudes towards free time. The previously active athletes in the third cluster were the only exception. The study has provided preliminary evidence for feasibility and value of using a cluster method approach to the identification of typologies of the adult male population. Much effort of expert kinesiologists, and of the broader community and mass media as well, must be invested in the promotion of physical activity, education for active and self-responsible living and in intervention strategies for changing the state of passivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]