Response of Trained Long-Distance Runners to Lowering Superoxide Dismutase Levels via High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)

Abstract

Background of study: Superoxide Dismutase is essential for shielding cells from the harm caused by free radicals. Oxidative stress and an increase in free radicals can result from high-intensity exercise. Aims and scope of paper: The purpose of this study is to ascertain how high-intensity interval training (HIIT) reaction long-distance runners' superoxide dismutase levels. Methods: A pre-experimental research design with a single-group pretest-posttest design was the methodology employed in this study. The HIIT training approach, on the other hand, was performed ten times. The individual was taught to perform interval running by separating two minutes of sprinting and two minutes of walking. A Borg scale was used to track the subject's intensity during exercise, keeping it between 7 and 10. Up to 10 μl of the subject's blood was drawn from a vein in the cubital region both before and after the workout. Following collection, the blood samples were analyzed in the University of Brawijaya's Faculty of Medicine's Clinical Physiology Laboratory. In a paired sample T-test, data are calculated to determine outcomes. Result: If the p-value is greater than 0.05 (0.393), it is known that Ho is accepted and H1 is
rejected, meaning that the program offered to the subject does not have a significant effect on athletes. Conclusion:The HIIT program in this study proved that there was no significant decrease in SOD levels in long-distance athletes.