effects of resistance training on some of systemic inflammatory markers in overweight men

physical fitness has an inverse correlation with systemic inflammation. this essence show that anti inflammatory effects of physical activity my explain some of its beneficial influences on body systems. then, regarding to the effects of physical training on biochemical and physiological aspects in human, this present study attempted to investigate the effect of resistance training on some of systemic inflammatory markers in overweight men. accordingly, twenty one healthy overweight (bmi=28.56± 2.67) yang (22.31±2.42) students were volunteered to participate and randomly divided into two groups: resistance training group (n=11) and non-exercising control group (n=10). the training group performed a progressive 8-week resistance training 3session/wk at about 50 to 80 % of one repeated maximum (1rm). prior to and after the training program, a blood sample was collected from the subjects in order to measure interlukine-1 beta (il-1ȕ) and c reactive protein (crp). results of two-way anova for repeated measures showed that following 8-week resistance training, a significant difference was found in crp (p= 0/001), but not in case of il-1ȕ (p>0.05). in term of between group comparison significant difference was found only in crp (p= 0/014). generally, it can be conclude that exercise training decreases some of systemic inflammatory markers in overweight men