Kuswahyudi, Yasep Setiakarnawijaya, Widiastuti, Yuliasih, Nur Fitranto, Muhamad Syamsul Taufik, Yulingga Nanda Hanief
Weight problems are a multifactorial persistent disease that develop from social interactions, behavioral elements, and psychological, metabolic, cellular, and molecular factors. Obesity can cause systemic oxidative stress and be associated with the production of irregular adipokines, which contributes to the development of metabolic syndrome. Physical exercise is an important modulator of cytokines and oxidative stress, and for greater than a decade, attention has been centered on the potential of workouts to save a person and help deal with illnesses that involve inflammatory additives by modulating cytokine production. The purpose of this study was to test aerobic exercise in students via circuit training for stress reduction and weight loss. This study involved a randomized pretest–posttest control group design using 20 obese students who were 19–24 years of age. The experimental method involved two stress groups, and only the weight loss group was treated with aerobic exercise via circuit training with 16 meetings a week of three exercises for more than 2 months with a pre-test and post-test design. Study groups were designed for various populations. In total, 40 students consisting of n = 20 for the group experiencing high stress and n = 20 for the group with above normal weight. The distribution of this sample used a proportional sampling technique based on criteria. Data analysis using independent samples t test using the statistical software packet for social science (SPSS) version20. The results of this study indicate that by using an independent sample t test analysis, the 2-way (t tailed) significance value was 0.00 < 0.05. Thus, there was an effect of aerobic exercise upon using circuit training exercises in the stress group and in the overweight group. Conclusions from other studies show that there are significant changes. Therefore, there is an effect of aerobic exercise via circuit training to produce stress reduction and weight loss in obese students. Thus, aerobic exercise using circuit training is effective for reducing weight and stress levels in sports students at the Universitas Negeri Jakarta. © JPES.
Sport Science, Faculty of Sport Science, Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia; Sport Education, Faculty of Sport Education and Health, University of Suryakancana, Indonesia; Sport Coaching Education, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia