Effective strength training for adolescents with excess weight

Published October 22, 2018

Nieuwkoop – Overweight is common in adults, children and youth. Lifestyle adaptation is effective and recent research has shown that strength training for young people is also working positively.

Overweight youths benefit from strength training, for example during school gymnastics classes and especially when it is combined with a weekly session of information on the subjects. healthy activities.

This is the result of a study conducted by the Medical Center of the University of Maastricht with about 700 young people from nine secondary schools in Limburg. In the program, the exercises were chosen so that muscle mass is particularly taken into account, which stimulates more overweight youth than other sports in which they often fail. It is precisely in these strength exercises that these young people are better than the young way and that it stimulates and promotes motivation.

As a result of the program, body fat decreased in youth, increasing the risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the future. decreases. In addition, the group of young people studied became more active outside the training courses.

In Nieuwkoop, Bakker & De Vos, Center for Health and Exercise, offers special programs for overweight people in collaboration with the dietician. For adults, the program Just on Weight and for children and adolescents, there are adapted programs.

Information on this subject is available on www.bakkerendevos.nl but you can of course also contact the center via info @ bakkerendevos .nl or the telephone number 0172-575261. You can of course also enter the Vijverhof 1 in Nieuwkoop.