Abstract
This investigation was undertaken to: 1) determine the effects of a short-term aerobic exercise program on fitness, 2) pre-test possible physiological metrics for inclusion in a fitness information feedback system in anticipation of a future long-term research study. Eight female participants in an eight-week aerobic exercise program served as subjects. Three measurement sessions (pre-, mid-, and post-program) were used to collect: body weight, percent body fat, resting heart rate, resting systolic blood pressure, resting diastolic blood pressure, submaximal heart rate during bicycle ergometer exercise, recovery heart rate, and post-exercise systolic and diastolic blood pressures. VO2 max was predicted based on submaximal heart rate, workload, and weight. Subjects were given measurement results following each session as a form of fitness information feedback. Results based on multivariate analysis of variance, univariate analysis at variance, and subsequent Newman-Keuls tests revealed that short-term aerobic exercise classes can be expected to produce cardiovascular training effects, but have minimal effect on body weight and percent body fat.
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