Functional Training Has the Potential to Reduce Fat Mass and Increase Growth Hormone in Overweight Women

This study aims to analyze the effects of fungtional training on fat mass and growth hormone in overweight individuals. This type of research is experimental research. Research subjects were selected using a purposive sampling technique, then the subjects were divided into 2 groups, namely group (K1) with low-intensity fungtional training and group (K2) with medium intensity fungtional training. A total of 30 women with an average age of 21 years and overweight participated in this study. The inclusion criteria in this study were female gender, BMI ranging from 25 kg/m2 to 30 kg/m2, and not having metabolic disease or heart problems. Exclusion criteria in this study were subjects under 20 years of age. Data was taken from the pre-test and post-test by taking blood before and after the intervention was taken by fasting at night and taking blood in the morning after fasting. Fat mass measurements were carried out using the Body Fat Monitor tool. Next, the blood samples were analyzed in the laboratory using the ELISA method with the Human GH ELISA kit catalog number E1030Hu. After the data was obtained statistical analysis in this study used the IBM SPSS version 27 application, a descriptive test was performed to obtain the mean and standard deviation. Furthermore, the normality test was carried out using the Shapiro-Wilk method, if the data were normally distributed the different test was carried out using the paired t-test, but if the data was not normally distributed, the difference was carried out using the Wilcoxon signed rank test. The results of this study report that fungtional training carried out at low and moderate intensity is able to increase growth hormone and reduce fat mass in overweight women. We recommend that fungtional training be applied daily to reduce fat mass and maintain an ideal body. Keywords: Functional training, exercise, growth hormone, fat mass