Efectos de 8 semanas de entrenamiento HIIT sobre la condición física de los estudiantes de octavo grado del Instituto Técnico Superior Dámaso Zapata

Abstract

Introduction: Currently there is a problem in educational institutions, specifically in the area of ​​physical education, because it is not carrying out an optimal development in the physical condition and health of students, because the student curriculum puts a time limited to the weekly frequency of physical education classes, and with this, low physical condition and inadequate body composition are presented in the students (Pinasa, VG 2015, pp. 58, Devís Devís, J., & Peiró Velert, C 1993, pp. 77). Objective: To know the effects of 8 weeks of two HIIT training protocols applied once a week on physical condition and body mass index in the eighth grade students of the Dámaso Zapata Higher Technical Institute. Methodology: Quasi-experimental study developed in 177 students, with an average age of 14 years. Physical fitness was assessed through the Alpha Fitness Test, the sample was divided into three groups, the first one was applied HIIT 30-15, the second group worked with HIIT 30-30 and the control group, did physical education classes conventional, all groups held a weekly session of exercise or physical education class for 8 weeks. Results: only the HIIT 30-30 group showed increase in BMI and agility (p <0.05), the other protocols showed no changes after the 8 sessions of physical exercise.