Effects of HIIT training and HIIT combined with circuit resistance training on measures of physical fitness, miRNA expression, and metabolic risk factors in overweight/obese middle-aged women
Creators: name: Suzuki, Katsuhiko
name: Malandish, Abbas
name: Alipour, Shahriar
name: Pashaei, Zhaleh
name: Laher, Ismail
name: Hackney, Anthony C.
name: Zouhal, Hassane
name: Granacher, Urs
name: Saeidi, Ayoub
name: Jafari, Afshar
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2024

description: <p>Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of 10 weeks of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and HIIT combined with circuit resistance training (HCRT) on selected measures of physical fitness, the expression of miR-9, -15a, -34a, -145, and &minus;&thinsp;155 as well as metabolic risk factors including lipid profiles and insulin resistance in middle-aged overweight/obese women.</p>
<p>Methods Twenty-seven overweight/obese women aged 35&ndash;50 yrs. were randomized to HIIT (n&thinsp;=&thinsp;14) or HCRT (n&thinsp;=&thinsp;13) groups. The HIIT group performed running exercises (5 reps x 4 min per session) with active recovery between repetitions for 10 weeks with 5 weekly sessions. The HCRT group performed 10 weeks of HIIT and resistance training with 3 weekly HIIT sessions and 2 weekly HCRT sessions. Anthropometric measures (e.g., body mass), selected components of physical fitness (cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength), levels of miRNAs (miR-9, -15a, -34a, -145, and &minus;&thinsp;155), lipid profiles (total cholesterol; TC, Triglycerides; TG, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C), and insulin resistance; HOMA-IR index, were measured at baseline and week 10.</p>
<p>Results An ANOVA analysis indicated no significant group by time interactions (p&thinsp;&gt;&thinsp;0.05) for all anthropometric measures, and maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max). A significant group by time interaction, however, was found for the one-repetition maximum (IRM; p&thinsp;&lt;&thinsp;0.001, ES=&thinsp;0.751&thinsp;, moderate). A post-hoc test indicated an increase in the pre-to-post mean 1RM for HCRT (p&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.001, ES&thinsp;=&thinsp;1.83, large). There was a significant group by time interaction for miR-155 (p&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.05, ES&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.014, trivial). Levels for miR-155 underwent pre-to-post HIIT increases (p&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.045, ES&thinsp;=&thinsp;1.232, large). Moreover, there were also significant group by time interactions for TC (p&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.035, ES&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.187, trivial), TG (p&thinsp;&lt;&thinsp;0.001, ES&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.586, small), LDL-C (p&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.029, ES&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.200, small) and HDL-C (p&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.009, ES&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.273, small). Post-hoc tests indicated pre-post HCRT decreases for TC (p&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.001, ES&thinsp;=&thinsp;1.44, large) and HDL-C (p&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.001, ES&thinsp;=&thinsp;1.407, large). HIIT caused pre-to-post decreases in TG (p&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.001, ES&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.599, small), and LDL-C (p&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.001, ES&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.926, moderate).</p>
<p>Conclusions Both training regimes did not improve cardiovascular fitness. But, HCRT improved lower/upper limb muscle strength, and HIIT resulted in an increase in miR-155 expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Furthermore, HIIT and HCRT each improved selected metabolic risk factors including lipid profiles and glucose and insulin metabolism in overweight/obese middle-aged women.Trial registrationOSF, October, 4th 2023. Registration DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UZ92E. osf.io/tc5ky. &ldquo;Retrospectively registered&rdquo;.</p>