The Influence of Aerobic Gymnastics in Fighting against Overweight and Obesity in Adults (20-30 Years Old)

Abstract

Overweight and obesity, besides their unaesthetic aspect and their negative influence on social life, influence the way the human body works. The negative effects on the human body are the more disastrous the earlier obesity becomes a fact. For this reason, it is highly necessary to focus on informing, preventing and fighting against this illness, and if it has already affected the body, we must focus on becoming aware of it and on forming the habit of doing exercise and keeping an individualized appropriate diet.
This study is aiming at decreasing the excess body fat of adults (20-30 years old), by the use of aerobic gymnastics exercises, improving their self-esteem, but also their level of general physical preparation.
By the chosen topic, the aims of this study are: to decrease body fat excess, to form the habit of independent and assisted practice of physical exercise, to create a general positive state and a good mood in the practice of physical exercise, to increase the self-esteem, to improve breathing, the effort capacity and the muscle tone, as well as to form an optimal physical training basis on the 20-30 year-old people included in this study.
In order to achieve our aims we have used the following research methods: analysis and generalization of the data in the literature of specialty, observation, investigation, the test method, the experimental study, statistical and mathematical methods and the tabular representation.
For the investigated group, we have conceived and applied a special experimental program, with aerobic gymnastics exercises of various degrees of difficulty, during 30 days, 2 training sessions per week, of 50 minutes each.
We have used Microsoft Excel for the statistical processing.
The results we have obtained as a result of observation and investigation, have shown the passive attitude of overweight people towards doing exercise, influenced by the embarrassement and the lack of self-confidence, the low self-esteem and the self disgust. After the application of the initial tests we have recorded the level of somatic and motor body development of the tested people.
After the analysis of the recorded results on the initial tests, we have formulated the working hypothesis and designed the experimental training program using aerobic gymnastics elements.
At the final testing, after the program was applied, we recorded better results for the tested indicators, therefore a significant progress between the two tests; the main conclusion is that the aerobic gymnastics may contribute to the decrease of excess body fat, improving the self-confidence and the self-esteem of those who practise it, and being a development factor of the general physical preparation level.