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Abstract

Nowadays, overweight is one of the major factors of health problems in Malaysia. There are various ways weight loss has been suggested to get the optimal effect. Recent findings show that the sprint single bout of exercise can be suggested as an alternative exercise method that is more efficient in terms of time saving to reduce weight. Sprint interval training (SIT) in 2 weeks shows a potential to lose weight in short period of times. In this study, the effects of SIT was assessed on body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, body fat percentage, pulse rate and blood pressure among overweight individuals. The subjects are from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) (n=10, age 23.8±0.42) with categorized as overweight with BMI 25.0 to 29.9 (men 29.9±3.75 and women 28.74±2.6). The protocol of SIT is consist of 1- minute warm up, cycling sprinting (Wingate anaerobic sprint) for 30 seconds, followed by 2- minutes of cooling down and rest for 5-minutes for each repeated session. This study shows that there were no significant difference on the effects of SIT on BMI, waist circumference, body fat percentage, pulse rate and blood pressure among overweight individuals (p