Abstract
This study was designed to illustrate what changes was occurred in the physical strength, body composition, and blood lipid disposition factors in the middle aged obese women, through the combined exercise program for 12 weeks that was planned to explain the advantage of the aerobic exercise and anaerobic muscular oppositional exercise. Target population was 34 women over 30% of body lipid ration. 17 aerobic exercise group, and 17 muscular and aerobic exercise group exercised during three alternative days in a week, respectively. measuring materials were VO_2max, grasping power, abdominal muscular strength, flexibility, trunk raising ability, balancing and sharpness in physical strength factors; body weight, BMI and body lipid ratio in body compositions; and T-CHL, TG, LDL-C and HDL-C in blood lipid profiles. 1. In factor of physical strength, There was no difference between aerobic and combined exercise group, however, there was significant difference in VO_2max, grasping power, abdominal muscular strength, musculr endurance, flexibility, balancing , sharpness, quickness compared with pre-exercise state. 2. In factor of body composition, there was no difference between aerobic and combined exercise group, however, there was significant decrease in body weight, body lipid ration, BMI in post-exercise state compared with pre-exercise state in both groups. 3. In the testing of blood lipid component, there was no significant difference between two groups(aerobic and combined group). however, they showed significant difference in that blood component after treatment. Consequently, this study showed that combined exercise could have positive effect on middle aged obese women in the aspect of physical strength, body composition, compared with pre-treatment test result, there was positive change in combined exercise group after treatment. According to this test result, I recommend Combined exercise program as the most ideal exercise program for the middle aged obese women suffering from degenerative arthritic change and osteroporosis for the sake of body weight control and protection of hyperlipidemia.