The effect of aerobic training with chocolate on aerobic power, resting blood pressure and heart rate

Subject Areas : Open Access

Zohreh Goya ¹ , Zahra Negarandeh ² , sepideh dolati ³ , Alemeh hariri far ⁴

1 - 1Department of Sport Physiology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran
2 - Nutrition Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
3 - Dept. of Nutrition, ministry of health, Tehran, Iran
4 - Dept. of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2022-08-10 Accepted : 2022-08-12 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: Blood pressure, Heart Rate, Aerobic power, chocolate, Keywords: Aerobic training,

Abstract :

Introduction: Present study aimed to investigate the effect of aerobic training with chocolate on aerobic power, resting blood pressure and heart rate.Methods: In this quasi- experimental study 40 inactive male selected as sample and divided into four equal groups including 1) aerobic training, 2) chocolate, 3) aerobic training with chocolate and 4) control. During eight weeks, groups 1 and 3 ran on treadmill for three sessions per week and 30 minutes with intensity of 50 – 60 percentage of maximum heart rate in each session and groups 2 and 3 consumed 10 g chocolate daily. Before and after research period, the aerobic power (by cooper running test), resting blood pressure and heart rate were measured. One-way ANOVA, ANCOVA and paired sample t- test were used for statistical analysis of data (P≤0.05). Results: Eight weeks of aerobic training with chocolate significantly increased aerobic power (P=0.02) and decrease systolic blood pressure (P=0.001).Conclusion: It seems that aerobic training combined with chocolate consumption can improve blood pressure and aerobic power in inactive male.