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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

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