Aznar, Susana

Jiménez-Zazo, Fabio

Martín-Moraleda, Evelyn

Pinilla-Quintana, Iván

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25  commuting in the urban environment. The research group “Physical Activity Promotion for Health” (PAFS), from the University and Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), designed and implemented the Historical Healthy Routes project in the city of Toledo. Aim: This project aimed to: (1) know about sociodemographic data, perceptions and habits of the participants; (2) assess the impact of the project; (3) analyse participants’ satisfaction after participation. Methods: The project sample comprised 596 participants aged 3 to 81 years. A self-reported questionnaire (scientific-based and created ad-hoc for this project) was administered before and after the routes. Descriptive and in-ferential statistics were assessed by using SPSS statistical programme. Significant level was set at p<0.05.  Results:  A final sample of 558 participants aged 8 to 81 years old (53.9% females) was included for final analysis. Around a half of the participants reported to do physical activity for 2 to 4 days/week and most of them indicated to do it either for 30 to 60 minutes/session or for 1 to 2 hours/session. They also presented a positive self-perceived health status score of more than 75% in half of the cases. With regards to satisfaction levels, most of the participants marked the highest score in a 5 points likert scale (63.8%;  = 4.35). Conclusion: The Historical Healthy Routes were found to be an enjoyable and suitable activity for all participants, including disabled. More programmes of this nature should be designed, in all countries, to combat sedentary behav-iour. It may be an attractive experience. Keywords: Physical activity, urban environment, active commuting and Historical Healthy Routes   Indoor triathlon, a new alternative to promote the practice of physical activity   Fabio Jiménez-Zazo, Iván Pinilla-Quintana, Evelyn Martín-Moraleda and Susana Aznar PAFS Research Group, Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain   Abstract The low levels of physical activity in the population make the promotion of exercise a necessity in our society. Within this paradigm, the Indoor Triathlon sport-modality emerges as a new alter-26  native. The aims of this study was to identify the physiological (VO2max, VT1, VT2, HRmax, HRrecovery) and physical (W/kg) differences between the 3 sports modalities of which Indoor Triathlon is composed. 8 subjects, all males, with an active lifestyle, aged between 23-32 years old were selected for the study. An incremental cardiorespiratory ramp test was assessed on each of the Skierg, Wattbike and Rowing ergometers. Significant differences were found between W/kg, VO2 ml/kg/min, VT2 onset time, watts at VT2, and %VO2max at VT2 (p<0.05 and p<0,001) between the different ergometers. The values obtained in Skierg, presented between 24.65-20.88% lower values in the time to reach the VT2 threshold and between 29.28-27.13% less in watts produced compared to the Wattbike and Rowing. In conclusion, we can determine that Indoor Triathlon is a healthy alternative for the promotion of the practice of physical activity within the population. Keywords: Indoor Triathlon, fitness, physical activity and exercise promotion.   Weight loss and body composition changes through ketogenic diet and physical activity: a methodological and systematic review  Evelyn Martín-Moraleda, Fabio Jiménez-Zazo, Iván Pinilla-Quintana, and Susana Aznar PAFS Research Group, Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain  Abstract Introduction. Practice of physical activity and the ketogenic diet monitoring can have a double effect in helping in processes of weight loss and improvement of body composition and lipid pro-file. The objective of this work was to first investigate the work done with obese patients who undertook a ketogenic diet and a physical exercise program, and second to compare the effect on body composition of a four week continuous vs interval aerobic training program in obese sub-jects with a ketogenic diet. Methods. The selection of studies was based on the following criteria: a) experimental studies (randomized controlled designs and pre-test/post-test); b) studies were admitted exclusively with subjects that facility overweight or obesity (BMI > 25).The experi-mental study sample was 8 sedentary and overweight subjects divided into two groups: (i) sub-jects with interval training (fat%: 33.2 ± 4.94) vs (ii) subjects with continuous training (fat%: 32.27 ± 3.78). All of them followed a ketogenic diet for 4 weeks. Anthropometric were meas-ured. Results. For the methodological review, 7 articles and 3 reviews were analyzed. All studies, whether by establishing aerobic or strength training and show significant weight loss in all out-comes. In our experimental study there were significant improvements (p<0.05) in weight loss 

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