Effects of High Intensity Circuit Training on Physical Fitness, Body Fat Percentage and Waist-Hip Ratio Among Sedentary Females of Sikandarabad

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A total 60 healthy sedentary overweight females will be recruited from Sikandrabad. The participants shall be screened by using standardize Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q & YOU). After screening, a healthy participant will be allowed to attend the orientation session, where a quali...

A total 60 healthy sedentary overweight females will be recruited from Sikandrabad. The participants shall be screened by using standardize Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q & YOU). After screening, a healthy participant will be allowed to attend the orientation session, where a qualified and trained instructor shall discuss and describe the exercise training protocol. The High Intensity Circuit Training comprises of 7 full body exercises as per recommendation of ACSM, where the participants shall be given total of 18 sessions of their respective protocol, comprising of 20 minutes, 3 times/ week for duration of six weeks. Pre and post assessment will be performed for each participant on all three quantitative outcome measures; Physical Fitness, Body fat percentage and Waist-hip ratio. The training protocol will be terminated on the happening of following event; a) Decrease in oxygen saturation < 90%assessed b) Increase in Heart Rate above the highest limits of Targeted Heart Rate c) if subject feel any discomforts, dizziness, fainting or difficulty in breathing during performance.

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