SportLogia
Vol. 10, Issue 1, June 2014.
EFFECTS OF ZUMBA FITNESS PROGRAM ON BODY COMPOSITION OF WOMEN
Adriana Ljubojević1,Vladimir Jakovljević1,and Milijana Popržen2
1Fakultet fizičkog vaspitanja i sporta, Univerzitet Banja Luka, Bosna i Hercegovina
Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, University of Banjaluka,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2Firnes studio „Sport Trend“, Banja Luka, Bosna i Hercegovina
Fitness studio “Sport Trend”, Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Original SCIENTIFIC PAPER
doi: 10.5550/sgia.141001.en.004L
UDC: 793.3-055.2
Summary
The aim of this research was to determine the
effects of zumba fitness program on changes of
women body composition. 12 women aged 25-35
participated in the conducted research. The zumba
fitness program was estimated after eight weeks of
exercise, total 24 training sections. Body weight, fat
percentage, fat mass, free fat mass and total body
water were measured at the beginning and at the end
of the research. The effects of applied training
model were analyzed by using Paired sample T test.
The obtained result showed that zumba fitness program achieved statistically significant improvement
in total body weight loss (p=.019), fat percentage
(p=.012) and fat mass (p=.000). Although the value
of free fat mass (0.22 kg) and the total amount of
body water (0.15 kg) recorded increase after complete
of program, they were not statistically significant. The
study results clearly indicated that the zumba fitness
exercise can be used as effective group fitness exercise
for the change in body composition of women.
Key words: body composition, effects of exercise,
zumba fitness.
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