The Influence of a Health-Related Fitness Training Program on Motor Performance as Well as Hematological and Biochemical Parameters

Abstract

The study was aimed at designing a health exercise program appealing to inactive young men, and then testing the men’s metabolic responses to the program using common diagnostic markers of general health. Six men, aged 22–29 years, took a part in training program to increase their motor performance and improve general health conditions. Body composition parameters, clinical chemistry variables (metabolites, albumin, total protein, ferritin, C reactive protein, lipid profile, ions, and selected enzymes activities) and blood morphology parameters were determined. Motor performance measured before and after a 4-month-long macrocycle indicated an increase in endurance, pace, and agility of the participants. Significant differences were found in analyzed enzymes activities. There was a significant increase in C-reactive protein levels from pre- to post-training. Additionally, changes in hematological biomarkers were seen that suggest erythropoiesis might significantly increase, specifically during the last 2-month-long mesocycles. The proposed training program induced small improvements in endurance, pace, and agility. It was also confirmed that changes in aspartate (AST) and alanine (ALT) activities emerge before any increase in creatine kinase (CK) activity that is important in monitoring of the training loads. Observed changes in red blood cell-related parameters suggest increase in erythropoiesis in the second half of the training cycle.

Dynamics of Body Type Indicators of Adult Women Under the Influence of Aqua Fitness

“…Scientific data (Hakman, Duditskaya, Slobozhaninov & Kovtun, 2020;Kostrzewa-Nowak, Nowakowska, Zwierko, Rybak, & Nowak, 2020) have confirmed that aqua fitness classes are the most effective for improving the physical state of adult women.…”

Capillary Blood Recovery Variables in Young Swimmers: An Observational Case Study

“…CK activity constitutes the most common enzymatic marker used in sport diagnostics, because physical effort can trigger rhabdomyolysis and the release of muscle cell content [ 6 , 9 , 30 ]. The common problem with this parameter is its huge variation in baseline values, with reference ranges for the general population dependent on age, sex, race, muscle mass, physical activity and climatic conditions [ 15 , 31 ]. Metabolic homeostasis is achieved approximately 48–72 h after physical effort [ 32 ] and for this reason CK activity is the most commonly used recovery marker.…”

“…Athletes’ capability to improve their training performance can also be reflected in their blood morphology [ 15 ]. It is known that VO 2 max correlates with O 2 transport capacity, aerobic capacity and total hemoglobin concentration in athletes [ 16 ].…”

“…It is known that VO 2 max correlates with O 2 transport capacity, aerobic capacity and total hemoglobin concentration in athletes [ 16 ]. Our previous study also showed that changes in red blood cell distribution width (RDW), as well as other red blood cell-related parameters including mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), suggest that erythropoiesis may decrease at the end of training cycle [ 15 ]. White blood cell (WBC) count often decreases after a long-term training program [ 17 , 18 ].…”

“…According to the literature, an important observation in the context of recovery profiles is that the baseline mean platelet volume (MPV) may be a predictor of endurance capacity [ 22 , 23 ]. Our previous study suggested that a training program focused on motor performance may cause a decrease in plateletcrit (PCT) associated with a decrease in platelet count (defined as a decrease in peak values) from the beginning to the end of the training program [ 15 ]. Increased fibrinolytic activity after physical effort is frequently observed in professional athletes [ 24 ].…”