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ORIGINAL ARTICLE BODY COMPOSITION, NUTRITION AND SUPPLEMENTATION
The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2020 May;60(5):743-8
DOI: 10.23736/S0022-4707.20.10136-1
Copyright © 2020 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
language: English
A randomized controlled pilot trial of sleep health education on body composition changes following 10 weeks’ resistance exercise
Pål JÅBEKK 1 ✉, Rein M. JENSEN 1, Martin B. SANDELL 1, Erin HAUGEN 1, Line M. KATRALEN 1, Bjørn BJORVATN 2, 3
1 Department of Primary and Secondary Teacher Education, Faculty of Education and International Studies, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway; 2 Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; 3 Norway and Norwegian Competence Center for Sleep Disorders, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of advising sleep health optimization on anthropomorphic variables following 10 weeks resistance exercise training.
METHODS: Thirty untrained healthy men were recruited for the study and 23 were included in the final analysis. Participants were randomly assigned to exercise and sleep optimization: ExS (N.=10) or exercise only: Ex (N.=12). Both groups performed a whole-body resistance exercise program twice a week for 10 weeks. The ExS group received sleep health (SH) education on how to improve both sleep quantity and quality.
RESULTS: After 10 weeks of training both groups had increased lean body mass by a similar amount. The ExS group experienced an increase of 1.7±1.1 kg while the Ex group experienced an increase of 1.3±0.8 kg (P=0.29 for difference between groups). The men in the ExS group reduced fat mass significantly (-1.8±0.8 kg) while the Ex group did not (0.8±1.0 kg). P value was 0.02 for difference between groups.
CONCLUSIONS: This randomized controlled trial suggests that combining regular resistance exercise training with optimization of sleep health provide significant added benefits to body composition. This optimization provides a simple and cheap tool, applicable to the general healthy population.
KEY WORDS: Resistance training; Body composition; Sleep