The purpose of the study was to assess the cardiovascular and metabolic responses to Ultimate Frisbee and to determine if Ultimate Frisbee does meet the current guidelines for improving and maintaining cardiorespiratory fitness. The hypothesis for the study was that Ultimate Frisbee is an ideal alternative exercise modality. Participants comprised of sixteen young adults who were aged between 18 and 25 years mostly from a local university's student population. The participants comprised of 12 men and 4 women. Eligible participants for the study had to be low risk and physically active as defined by ACSM. Any participant who had cardiovascular or metabolic disease were excluded. Testing was conducted on non-consecutive testing days and testing sessions were separated by 2 to 20 days. The cardiovascular and metabolic responses for each participant were assessed as they were playing Ultimate Frisbee during one half of the match. Resting metabolic rate for each participant was also measured. This was a cross-sectional study.
The heart rate for the participants during the 20min simulated match was about 149 beats/min, which corresponded to 66 heart rate reserve. The total amount of energy used during the match was 1995 kj/match. There were no significant differences between men and women for cardiovascular and metabolic responses.
The results of the study demonstrate that Ultimate Frisbee could be a suitable alternative to aerobics and other exercise regimes. The study only made use of healthy and physically fit participants, which makes it hard to implement the study for older or other categories of individuals.
The authors conclude that Ultimate Frisbee does meet the standard criteria for physical activity guidelines and can be used as an alternative exercise modality. They...
I would have included subjects who were non-fit and non-healthy in the study.
Hallgren, M. Å., Moss, N. D., & Gastin, P. (2010). Regular exercise participation mediates the affective response to acute bouts of vigorous exercise. Journal of sports science & medicine, 9(4), 629.
The study aimed to investigate the effects of a single bout of intense exercise on anxiety and mood in a cohort of male and female regular and non-regular exercisers. The hypothesis of the study was that regular exercisers would report having post-exercise improvements in mood states and reduced anxiety, while the non-regular exercisers would report an initial decline in mood and an increased post-exercise state anxiety. This was cohort study where regular exercisers were compared to non-regular exercisers. The study participants comprised of 31 university students 16 males and 15 females with a median age of 20 years. Sixteen of the participants reported to be regular exercisers and fifteen were non-regular exercisers. Participants had to fill out a questionnaire 24 hour before the exercise session and a second pre-test questionnaire was administered before the exercise begun. There were two post-exercise questionnaires that participants had to complete. The first was 10 minutes into the exercise session and the second was 25minutes into the exercise session.
The results of the study indicate that non-regular exercisers reported having an initial…
