Energy Expenditure of High Intensity Functional Training

University of Kansas

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Other: HIFT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02526108

STUDY00002608

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the energy expenditure and intensity of a High Intensity Functional Training (HIFT) session in overweight and obese adult men and women.

Full description

High Intensity Functional Training (HIFT), which alternates short periods of intense exercise using varied, multiple-joint movements, with less-intense active recovery periods, may offer an attractive, time efficient alternative to traditional aerobic exercise. Variations of HIFT such as Cross Fit, home workout videos (ie.P90x and Insanity), and boot-camp style group exercise classes have become increasingly popular.

The cardiovascular benefits of HIFT have been demonstrated; however, by doing this study researchers hope to get more information regarding the potential effectiveness of HIFT for weight management, such as the actual level of energy expenditure and exercise intensity elicited by a HIFT session.

Enrollment: 21 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Body Mass Index (BMI) between 25.0 and 39.9
• Currently participating in HIFT (boot-camp) classes at Kirmayer Fitness Center

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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21 participants in 1 patient group

HIFT

Experimental group

Description:

High Intensity Functional Training group exercise session. Each session is 45 minutes. Participants will be asked to complete 3 sessions.

Treatment:

Other: HIFT