Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to study the effects of waking on cardiovascular system and blood biochemical substances of aged females. The subjects were 30 females whose ages were between 60-70 years old. They were equally divided into two groups, experimental group and control group. The experimental group exercise by walking 30 minutes a day, 3 days a week, for 12 weeks. With 60% of maximum heart in the first 4 weeks and 70% of maximum heart rate for 8 weeks. The resting heart rate, systolic blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-C and LDL-C were measured before training and during training for 4 weeks, 8 weeks and 12 weeks. The data were then statistically analyzed in terms of means and standard deviations. One-way repeated measures analysis of variance and the Tukey (A) method were also employed to determine the significant differences among groups at .05 level. The results were as follows: 1. The resting heart rate, systolic blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol and triglyceride between the experimental group and the control group were significantly different at .05 level during training for 12 weeks 2. The resting heart rate of the experimental group during training for 4, 8 and 12 weeks and the pre-training session was significantly different at .05 level. 3. The systolic blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol and triglyceride of the experimental group during training for 8 and 12 weeks and the pre-training session were significantly different at .05 level. 4. The HDL-C and LDL-C between pre-training and during training 4, 8 and 12 weeks of the 2 groups were not significantly different at .05 level.