Twelve Weeks of Aerobic Dance Impact on Cardiovascular Parameters of Male Obese Adults

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the twelve weeks of aerobic dance impact on cardiovascular parameters of male obese adults. To achieve sixty (60) obese men were selected as samples for the experimental study. These subjects age ranged between 25 and 40 years. For this, a purposive sampling technique was used. Those who are diagnosed as obese by the consultant physician of the Pondicherry institute of medical sciences if the body mass index (BMI) was more than normal limits > 27.8. Further, the sample subjects were randomly assigned into almost two equated groups, namely Aerobic dance group (ADG) (n=30) and Control group (CG) (n = 30). All these subjects were residing within radius of one to three kilometers range in grater Puducherry. Blood pressure and heart rate was selected as criterion variable and measured with Omron Blood pressure and heart rate monitor. The aerobic dance training was administered 60 minutes per day for 6 days in a week for total period of 12 weeks. The data was collected before and after 12 weeks of training and analysed using ANCOVA. The result of the study showed that systolic and diastolic blood pressure between the groups was significant, F (1,57) = 7.69 and 4.488, indicating that after adjusting pre-test scores, there was a significant difference between the two groups on post- test scores on systolic and diastolic blood pressure. In contrast, heart rate found to be not significant, F (1,57) = 3.33. The findings of the study show that systolic and diastolic blood pressure tends to decrease as a result of aerobic dance training. It is concluded that aerobic dance is the proper physical activity form for 30-40 years old men obese subjects for developing cardiovascular system capacity. The stress on the cardiovascular system is minimised due to aerobic dance which was fun and recreative. This might improve the life status of the obese subjects.