25
males,
aged 40-60 years,
who participated in aerobic-type
exercise on moderate intensity(60~85% of MHR), 3~5 days a week for 6~12 months were selected. Data were obtained at pre- and post-participation of tranining period for height, weight, girths of
chest and
abdomen,
body fat, BP, HR,
serum cholesterol,
triglyceride, HDL-
cholesterol,
glucose,
uric acid, BP and HR during graded treadmil
exercise, and VO2max. After
training for average 38.4 weeks, significant reductions occured in percent of
body fat, HR and SBP both at
rest and
exercise,
triglyceride, but not in
cholesterol, LDL-
cholesterol. And DBP, HDL-
cholesterol were elevated. VO2max was increased apparantly by 16.4%. From the results was concluded that
training of
aerobic exercise could reduce the
risk of
coronary heart disease by 1) decreasing myocaridal
oxygen demand, 2) improving on
lipid profile, 3) increasing cardiac
work capacity.