The Effect of Low-impact Aerobic Dance

on Weight Loss in Women

Andi Fepriyanto

, Dian Helaprahara

, Ainur Rasyid

Department of Physical Education, STKIP PGRI Sumenep, Indonesia

Keywords: Low-Impact Aerobic Dance, Weight Loss and Women.

Abstract: Women have several parts of the body that can be used to fill with fats. The fat is at risk for obesity. Low

impact aerobics is a gymnastics that displays movements and tempos that are easy to do. The aim of this

study is to study low impact aerobic exercise on weight loss in women. 20 subjects were taken from the

Dharmawanita association. The method in this study used experiments, so that the pre-test and post-test

data were taken and analyzed. The results of research conducted routinely 3 times a week showed that (p

<0.05) so that low impact aerobic exercises can significantly reduce women's weight gradually.

1 INTRODUCTION

Women have special tissue for hoarding fat, giving

them a typical feminine form, for example in the

gluteal area (buttocks), and in the shoulder and chest

area.

Piles of fat tissue in these particular areas are

firmly returned by a woman's body if it lacks of

energy, and decrease only when the energy

deficiency is even further. Women increase their

excess weight by 20% of their ideal weight

according to their age, so that they can be obese

(Sediaotama, 2000). Without exception for newborn

women, obesity cannot be returned. (Hugh and

Jamie, 2014) reported that the majority of adult

women failed to meet recommended levels of

aerobic activities, including the ones whom have a

great opportunity to increase aerobic participations.

Motions can help to reduce fat and make women

healthy and pleasant to look. Some of these activities

include walking, jogging, or cycling. Nowadays,

people rarely do these activities due to lack of time,

and as a result, they gain some weight (obesity). It is

difficult for obese people to carry out activities. This

is risky to reduce the physiological functions of the

human body.

One of the easiest ways to lose weight is by

exercising. Gymnastics has many variations and is

easy for all to follow. Gymnastics is an activity

related to the aerobic energy system.

Low impact aerobic exercises are types of

aerobic exercises carried out with a low rhythm,

which is slower with the basic motion of the road, so

that it leads to a pleasant and easy to follow

direction. Low impact aerobics is also an aerobic

physical activity that is useful for improving and

maintaining health and endurance of the heart, lungs,

blood circulation, muscles and joints (Rosa, Siti and

Herlina, 2015). In addition, these movements can

consist of various movements that are repeated and

combined from various movements. The

combination of movements should be no more than

three movements so that they are easily carried out

correctly in order to achieve accurate intensity

(Giriwijoyo and Sidik, 2013).

This study aims to determine whether there is an

effect of giving a low impact aerobic exercise on

women's body weight.

2 METHOD

This research is a pre-experimental design study.

Therefore, it is often referred to as "quasi

experiment" by using a type of research design

pretest and posttest group design

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The Effect of Low-impact Aerobic Dance on Weight Loss in Women.

DOI: 10.5220/0009304101800182

In Proceedings of the 3rd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science in conjunction with the 2nd Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports

(YISHPESS and CoIS 2019), pages 180-182

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2.1 Subject

The research subjects used in this study were 20

mothers selected from Dharmawanita

, Saronggi

District. The subjects’ anthropometrics were shown

in table 1. Each subject filled out the consent letter

to following this study completely.

2.2 Procedure

The procedure was described as follows. First, the

subjects were measured for anthropometrics,

including his weight for the initial data. Then, the

subjects underwent low impact aerobic exercises,

from warming up to cooling down, 3 meetings in

one week, for 6 weeks with a duration of 40 minutes

in each exercise.(Giriwijoyo and Sidik, 2013) to lose

weight, the minimum duration should not be less

than 30 minutes. After the treatment is finished, the

subjects were weighed again to find out the final

weight to be used as the final data and after that the

data were analyzed.

2.3 Data Analysis

After the data is obtained, the data were analyzed.

The data analysis in this study was done using the t-

test statistical method to determine differences in

body weight before and after being given treatment

for women. The mean and standard deviation

should also be calculated prior to t-test, so that later

it will be easier to analyze different test data.

3 RESULT

The research data were obtained from the results of

the pre-test and post-test body weight of the research

subjects. They were then analyzed. In the table 2, it

can be seen that the average body weight is 59.5 ±

3.98. The ideal body weight with an average subject

height 153.65 ± 3.6, obtained an average of 53.55 ±

3.9, where the period the body of the subject has an

overweight of 59.4 kg. If it is associated with a body

mass index table with an average height of 153,

normal weight should be in the range of 44-54

(Giriwijoyo and Sidik, 2013). After a low impact

aerobic exercise, the subjects’ body weights were 58

kg in average, so there was a decrease of 1.5 kg.

Table 1: Anthropometric research subjects

Anthropometric Rata-rata

(Mean±SD)

Old (year) 35 ± 4,2

Height (cm) 153,65 ± 3,6

Weight (kg) 59,5 ± 3,98

IMT 25,4

Table 2: Results of weight data analysis

N Pre-test Post-test

Weight (Kg) 20 59,5 ± 3,98 58 ± 2,79*

*) p<0.05 significantly different body weight

between pre test and post test.

Based on table 2, the average numbers of body

weight were 59.5 ± 3.98 for the pre-test and 58 ±

2.79 for the post-test. After being tested using the t-

test, it can be said to have a significant relationship.

4 DISCUSSION

From the results of statistical calculations using the

t-test, the findings showed that there were significant

differences between before and after being given

low impact aerobic exercise treatment. In

conclusion, it can be said that low impact aerobic

exercise has a significant influence on weight loss

for the subjects. Although the quantity is not

maximal, but there is a significant decrease. These

findings is in line with the research conducted by

(Wu, Tu, Hsu, and Tsao, 2016) that low impact

aerobic exercise can significantly decrease a

percentage of body fat.

After doing routine activities, a person's weight

will decrease because doing aerobics is a good way

to burn calories and fat. Many muscles are mobilized

from the top and bottom of the body. The more

muscle you exert, the more calories you burn (Lynne

Brick, 2001).

It can be said that there is a relationship between

aerobic exercise and weight. If someone does

aerobic exercise regularly, the person will

experience weight loss and will be

free from disease.

Finally, their quality of life will be better. This

opinion is supported by (Brick, 2002), saying that

aerobic exercise is one of

the best ways to reduce

one's weight, to develop muscle health, and to

improve a better quality of life. The same thing was

conveyed by (Denise, 2008), that 4 weeks of

functional trainings would result in increased

functional levels in older adults.

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In addition, according to (Kurniato, 2015) to be

able to deal with old age, to enjoy their lives, and

stay fit in terms of both health and fitness, the

elderly must do regular exercise activities, practice a

healthy lifestyle, rest, do not smoke and have a

routine checkup. One effort to achieve health is

doing exercises. In order to be able to obtain a

healthy body, one must routinely do such activities.

Exercise regularly is an effective and safe alternative

to improve or to maintain fitness and health if it is

done correctly.

5 CONCLUSION

From the results of this study, it can be concluded

that low impact aerobic exercise can reduce women's

weight. Every housewife should routinely do

gymnastics at least 3 times a week, and has a

balanced diet that contains a lot of nonfat protein, so

that the body weight is maintained on the BMI or

ideal body weight of an adult.

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