Sense of Humor and General Life Satisfaction in Association with the Biological Effects of Resistance Training in People with Impaired Glucose Tolerance

The aim of the study was to investigate associations between psychological and biological changes due to resistance training in people with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). Subjects were randomized into maximal (MRT) versus endurance resistance training (ERT) groups. Intervention periods lasted four months. All subjects had blood work that suggested IGT at the initial screening. The ERT acted as a wait-list control group when the MRT performed their training. Baseline scores on general life satisfaction (LISAT) and sense of humor (SHQ-6: a positive coping resources) were obtained. Potential differences between groups (types of intervention and intervention versus control) were investigated by analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA). Correlations were calculated in each group to estimate the degree of covariance between biological and psychological changes from pre- to post-intervention by Pearson and Spearman coefficients. Sense of humor tended to be correlated with a positive reduction of insulin following MRT as well as with reduction in body fat following ERT. Differences across the intervention groups in changes from pre- to post-training in biological variables (glucose, insulin, muscle mass, and corrected percentage of fat) as well as psychological variables (general life satisfaction and sense of humor) were not significant, whereas differences in BMI and weight were significant. By investigating the intervention groups separately in comparison to the control group, the MRT revealed significant improvement by reduction in insulin, percentage of fat, BMI and weight. The ERT caused significant improvements for insulin and percentage of fat, while general life satisfaction had a significant negative development.

Comparison of the Pattern of Weight Training on Muscle Strength and Endurance in Karate Men

Some studies performed weight training for improvement physical fitness in martial arts. The purpose of this study was to compare weight training with two loading patterns （double pyramid and reverse step） on muscular strength and muscular endurance in karate men. The subjects who have experienced six years in karate are participated voluntarily. These subjects have been divided randomly into three groups： double pyramid group, reverse step group and control group. Characteristics of subject： double pyramid group （age： 20.55 ± 2.62 years, weight： 73.45 ± 11.17 kg and height： 176.86 ±5.04 cm）, reverse step group （age： 20.50 ± 3.92 years, weight： 75.35 ± 11.24 kg and height： 178.90 ± 9.24 cm） and control group （age： 21.36 ±4.65 year ,weight： 75.77 ± 6.07 kg and height： 178.64± 4.67 cm）. All subjects performed weight training during eight weeks. Data were statistically analyzed by text dependent, analysis of variance and tukey test with a 0.05 significant level. The result shows that a program of weight training double-pyramid method significantly increases muscular strength and muscular endurance, while a period of weight training reverses step method only significantly increase muscle endurance but no change in muscular strength is observed. The coaches are recommended to use a double pyramid method to improve muscular strength and muscular endurance training with regard to training load for preparing their athletes.

Recreation Features Inventory in Sri Lanka： With Special References to Ambewela-ldalgashinna Railway

The main purpose of study was to innovate recreation features along the Ambewela to Idalgashinna railway road with railway recreation. There were four objectives in this study. In this context, RFI （Recreational Features Inventory） database is used to collect data classification when and where certain observations were made to collect respective primary data. The data was collected for the study via RFI data collecting which consisted of most suitable questions and variables. In this study, the data sample method was the purposive sample method and the research limited to four railways stations. The data analyzed form GIS （Geographical Information System）, Google map and matrix. There were 14 tunnels between Ohiya to Idalgashinna. There is a large number of tunnels between two stations in the world and there are 18 tunnels in the whole research area. The researcher could identify the growth ＆recreational features from Ambewela to Idalgashinna. In addition, the researcher identified natural resources for the tourism industry and 70% sensitive and 30% none-sensitive recreational features from Ambewela to Idalgashinna research area. The GIS map indicated the growth patterns of particular recreational features in this area.