Effect of Moderate Intensity Continuous Training (MICT) on Cardiovascular Parameters and Anthropometric Measurements in Overweight Young Adults

Background: Obesity and overweight is described as accumulation of excessive fat in the body creating leading to numerous health issues. The prevalence of obesity in young adults in developing countries varies from 2.3% to 12%, obesity is common in Asian Indians. The non-active lifestyle and increasing physical inactivity is main culprit for overweight and obesity. Objective: To find the effect of moderate intensity continuous training (MICT) on cardiovascular parameters blood pressure (BP), rate pressure product (RPP), heart rate (HR) and anthropometric measurements (skin fold measurements) in overweight young adults. Method: Two groups comprised 37 randomly chosen subjects. Group 1 had a 5-minute warm-up at 40% of HRR, 30-minute running and jogging (15 minutes each), and a 5-minute cool-down; Group 2 will keep up their usual physical activity treatment duration was four weeks (three times a week.) The baseline measurements of BP, HR, RPP skin fold measurement was recorded and at the end of 4 weeks the same measurements was recorded. Results: Data were analyzed using Paired t-test and one-way ANOVA. Inter-group data analysis shows p-value as 0.001 for both groups but experimental group 1 (MICT) had greater effect as compared to control group. There is significant difference in between group (p<0.05) Conclusion: The study finds that both the group was successful in lowering body weight, improving anthropometric measurement (% body fat) and cardiovascular parameters (BP, RPP, HR) in overweight young adults but MICT showed more significant improvement when compared to Control group.