TY - JOUR AU - Di Blasio, Andrea AU - Di Santo, Serena AU - Lomonaco, Nunzia AU - Giuliani, Cesidio AU - Bucci, Ines AU - Napolitano, Giorgio PY - 2016/07/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Effects of Zumba® and different walking workouts on female cortisol and DHEA-S production JF - The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada JA - Health Fit J Can VL - 8 IS - 4 SE - ARTICLES DO - 10.14288/hfjc.v8i4.190 UR - https://hfjc.library.ubc.ca/index.php/HFJC/article/view/190 SP - 14-24 AB - <em>Purpose</em>: Aims of our study were to characterize both heart rate and hormonal responses elicited by three different fitness disciplines: outdoor walking training, Zumba<sup>®</sup>, and walking training on magnetic treadmill. <em>Methods:</em> Fifteen healthy trained women (42 ± 7 yr) performed three different workouts conducted by the same instructor. Salivary samples were collected before and after each workout, at 11 p.m. and at 7 a.m. of the following day, while a beat-to-beat heart rate recording was executed during each workout. Saliva was also collected during a non-training day. Cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) were measured in salivary samples. <em>Results:</em> Workouts have been shown able to affect physiological trend of LogCortisol according to intensity: as highest was workout intensity as highest was LogCortisol at 11 p.m.  The same has been shown for LogDHEA-S except for outdoor walking training that has not been able to affect salivary LogDHEA-S. Time elapsed at both 60-69% maximal heart rate (HRmax; r=0.301, p=0.05) and 80-89% HRmax (r=-0.328, p=0.003) have been shown correlated with LogCortisol to LogDHEA-S ratio. <em>Conclusions:</em> The knowledge of acute and delayed hormonal effects of fitness disciplines is very important to optimize health promotion and maintenance of midlife trained women, near to menopausal transition. ER -