The Comparison of Different Training Methods to Enhance the Body Composition of Recreationally Trained Male Athletes

Abstract

Numerous training methods exist for recreation activities to optimize body composition. The present study aimed to analyze the influence of different training methods to enhance the body composition of recreationally trained athletes. Each group consisted of eight recreational athletes. The pre and post-tests were done within the first and the sixth week of the study period. Blood composition variables viz. High-Density lipoprotein (HDL), Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL), Very-low-Density Lipoprotein (VLDL), Glucose (G), and Hemoglobin Total Cholesterol (TC), and explosive strength parameters viz. takeoff velocity (V), flight time (FT), force (F), and jump height (JH) were measured by the My jump 2 app during pre and post-test. A two-way mixed analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni post hoc test were used to investigate the interaction effect and significant differences. Among all blood variables measured only HDL: F (1,14) = 10.74, showed a significant difference (p < 0.05) between groups and TC: F (1,14) = 4.31, p > 0.05; HDL: F (1,14) = 12.996, p > 0.05 and G: F (1,14) = 5.802, p > 0.05 showed within-group significant differences following HRC. Interestingly, non-significant differences between groups were identified for explosive strength variables, but all variables had significant differences (p > 0.05) within-group (pre-post) following both training methods. Overall, these observations imply that enhancing HDL, TC, and G levels in the blood HRC training method is better than PT. On the other hand, each training protocol can induce similar explosive strength adaptations after 6 weeks of HRC and PT training under the different duration of training sessions.