Energy Expenditure Induced by Football Training in Overweight Middle-aged Males

What this Trial Is About

This research aims to investigate the energy expenditure after a single football training session in overweight middle-aged males with metabolic syndrome. The study focuses on understanding how football, which involves frequent activity changes and explosive movements, impacts oxygen consumption and energy use compared to steady cardiovascular exercise. Twenty overweight men aged 40 to 60 with metabolic syndrome will participate in this randomized, repeated measures, crossover design study. Participants will take part in two sessions: one with no intervention (control) and one with a recreational football training session lasting 60 minutes. The football session includes a warm-up, soccer technical exercises, and a small-sided game. The study will use devices like global positioning systems and accelerometers to measure distance and intensity, while metabolic costs will be estimated through heart rate, blood lactate, oxygen uptake, and post-exercise oxygen consumption using a portable gas analyzer. During the study, baseline measurements such as body weight, height, BMI, waist and hip circumference, blood pressure, resting metabolic rate, body composition, and peak oxygen consumption will be collected. Researchers will monitor exercise-induced energy expenditure, excess post-exercise oxygen consumption, heart rate, blood lactate levels, perceived exertion, respiratory exchange ratio, and breath frequency at various time points before, during, and after the football session. The study includes careful monitoring of physical activity and performance, with a total participation period that covers baseline assessments and the two trial sessions.

The Energy Cost of 1-Hour Football Training