Short-term water-based aerobic training promotes improvements in aerobic conditioning parameters of mature women

• Published in: Complementary therapies in clinical practice Vol. 28; pp. 131 - 135
• Main Authors: Costa, Rochelle Rocha, Reichert, Thais, Coconcelli, Leandro, Simmer, Nicole Monticelli, Bagatini, Natália Carvalho, Buttelli, Adriana Cristine Koch, Bracht, Cláudia Gomes, Stein, Ricardo, Kruel, Luiz Fernando Martins
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01-08-2017; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Aerobic exercise; Aerobic training; Aerobics; Age differences; Aged; Aging; Aging - physiology; Anaerobic Threshold; Aquatic environment; Conditioning; Exercise - physiology; Exercise Therapy; Exercise Tolerance; Female; Heart Rate; Humans; Internal Medicine; Medical Education; Middle Aged; Nursing; Physical Conditioning, Human - methods; Physical Endurance; Physical Fitness - physiology; Resting; Short term; Water; Women; Womens health; Heart rate; Aging; Anaerobic threshold; Aquatic environment; Aerobic training
• ISSN: 1744-3881; 1873-6947
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2017.06.001

Abstract 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 (HRrest ), heart rate corresponding to anaerobic threshold (HRAT ), peak heart rate (HRpeak ), percentage value of HRAT in relation to HRpeak 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 HRAT percentage in relation to HRpeak (4.68%), and a reduction of HRrest (9%). It is concluded that a water-based aerobic interval training prescribed through HRAT of only five weeks is able to promote improvements in aerobic capacity of mature women.