Effects of Pilates Training on Body Composition, Lipid Profile and Some Physical Fitness Parameters in Sedentary Obese Women

Pilates training is a training method that creates positive changes in body composition, flexibility and muscle function. The present study was carried out with the aim of evaluating the effect of pilates training on body composition, lipid profile and some indicators of physical fitness in obese sedentary women.
Subjects and In this study, 24 sedentary obese women (mean age 38.4±8.61 years and BMI 35.6±2.95 Kg/m2) participated voluntarily and were randomly divided into pilates group (n=15) and control group (n=9). Pilates group performed training program with 14-16 RPE for 8 weeks, 3 times/week. of all subjects was obtain, before and after training program, features of body composition, some physical fitness indices and lipid profile were taken from all subjects. Data were analyzed using paired-sample T-test and ANOVA.
After 8 weeks of pilates training, there was no significant changes in body weight, body mass index, body fat percentage, lean body mass and lipid profile (TC, TG, LDL, VLDL, HDL) (P≥0.05), While a significant increase was observed in flexibility of back and front trunck muscles, excellent hand power, power foot and modified swimming.
According to these results, it seems that eight weeks of pilates training, despite the improvement of physical fitness, is not effective on body composition and lipid profile.