The Effectiveness of the Aerobic Exercise to Improve Sleep Quality and Reducing Body Fat Percentage Rates for Overweight Women
Neva widanita, Topo Suhartoyo, Dewi Anggraeni

Jenderal soedirman university

Abstract

The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adults is increasing over time. From 1975-2016 the increase in overweight quadrupled from 4% to 18% globally. This increase in numbers is due to a lifestyle that is not balanced between physical activity and diet. Lack of physical activity will result in being overweight and disrupting sleep quality. Reducing physical activity also has an impact on reducing the biomotor component of the body, namely flexibility. Lack of flexibility will hinder the activities carried out every day. Overweight and obese patients will experience difficulty when moving and doing physical activity. The body condition of overweight and obese sufferers is overweight with a high percentage of body fat. When carrying out activities, overweight sufferers will experience fatigue, so they need physical activity that is appropriate for their body condition. Gymnastics is believed to be able to improve sleep quality, and reduce body fat percentage. Gymnastics is popular because of the musical accompaniment. Aerobic exercise using the basic step method is expected to be able to solve this problem. The research was conducted in the Purwokerto Banyumas area. The research design uses a single group experimental pre and post test design method. Data analysis used the Wilcoxon test. Respondents consisted of 50 overweight women. The research instrument for improving sleep quality used the Pitssburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire, while body fat percentage used the Bio Impedance Analysis tool. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a previously modified aerobic exercise (basic step) exercise model to improve sleep quality and reduce body fat percentage for overweight women.

Keywords: Aerobic, gymnastic, Sleep Quality, Body Fat, overweight

Topic: Sport sciences