The effect of parallel aerobic and resistance exercise (PARE) with consumption of green tea on body composition, physical fitness and serum lipids of overweight and obese women

Introduction: This study aimed to determine the effect of aerobic and resistance exercise (PARE) with the consumption of green tea on body composition, physical fitness, and serum lipids of overweight and obese women in Ardabil City. Material & Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 45 Eligible volunteer women (age: 25-45 years; BMI>25 kg/m2 randomly divided into 3 equal groups (control group, CG; parallel aerobic and resistance exercise, PARE; and PARE with daily consumption of green tea (PARE+GT). The experimental groups performed three months of progressive PARE training, six sessions per week, Each session consisted of 15 minutes of warming up, and 35 minutes of aerobic exercise(65% of the maximum heart rate, HRmax; Saturday, Monday, Wednesday), or resistance exercise (60-65% one Repetition Maximum, 1RM; Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday). Before and after two months of training, body fat percentage (%BF), blood pressure (BP), Body weight (BW), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and blood lipid indices, aerobic and anaerobic power were measured. Statistical information was obtained by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test was performed through SPSS software (version 24) and the significance level was considered as p<0.05. Results: The results of data analysis showed that GT consumption does not have a significant effect on the variables. But in PARE and PARE+GT groups, the variables of %BF, aerobic capacity, aerobic, resting systolic blood pressure (SBP), resting diastolic blood pressure (DBP), blood triglyceride (TG), and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) had a significant difference between the two stages before and after performing the test stages (p<0.05). However no difference was observed in body weight indices, body mass index, waist circumference to hip circumference ratio, heart rate Rest, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL). Conclusion: PARE training probably improves fat percentage, aerobic capacity, aerobic, SBP, DBP, TG, and LDL in overweight and obese women. But green tea consumption does not have more effect.