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The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2016 ????;56(??):000-000
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Sport climbing as a means to improve health-related physical fitness parameters Dicle ARAS *, Cengiz AKALAN
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Department of Coaching Education, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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*Corresponding author: Dicle Aras, Department of Coaching Education, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Ankara University, 06830 Ankara, Turkey. E-mail:
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hysical fitness (PF) is defined as a state of achievement that relates to the ability to perform physical activity and it contains health and skill related parameters. Physical fitness’s health-related parameters are cardiovascular endurance (CE), body composition (BC), muscular strength (MS), muscular endurance (ME) and flexibility.1 These health-related components of PF are known more importantly to public health.2-4 Therefore, they should be the first ones to develop when starting an exercise program. A number of studies investigated chronic physiological effects on PF health-related parameters of different long-term regular physical activity types in sedentary adults. Significant changes in body composi-
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BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of sport rock climbing (SRC) exercises on VO2max, body composition (BC), muscle strength (MS), and muscle endurance (ME) components. METHODS: A total of 19 adults participated in this study voluntarily. The subjects were randomly divided into two groups as experimental (EG) and control (CG). While the EG went and did climbing training by using the top-rope method for 60 minutes a day, three days a week for 8 weeks and were not involved in any other formal physical activity programs, the CG did not train and take part in any physical activity during the course of the study. Both of the groups completed pre and post-test in BC, VO2max, MS, and ME between 60° and 120°/s. Training intensity was set at 70% of maximal heart rate (HRmax), and the intensity was controlled with HR monitors in each training session. RESULTS: There was a significant difference between pre and post-tests in BC (percent body fat 16.3%, P