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The present study aimed to verify the effects of the Pilates method supervised training on body composition of women with cardiovascular risk factors. It is a descriptive and experimental study, composed of 7 women. Inclusion criteria were women over 25 years of age who had at least one of the rich cardiovascular factors and practiced Pilates for more than three months, with a minimum frequency of twice a week. Body composition, height, waist circumference (WC) and hip circumference (CQ) were evaluated. Twenty exercises of the Pilates method were performed at a frequency of three times a week, in an average of 14 to 16 exercises per session, with 10 to 15 repetitions per exercise. The participants had a mean age of 51 years. Among these, three had hypertension, three were in menopause, four in climacteric, five were overweight, all had WHR considered moderate to high risk of metabolic syndrome and all had hypercholesterolemia. After the practice of Pilates, there was a reduction in BMI (p <0.05) and in fat mass (p <0.05), and an increase in fat free mass (p <0.05) and in the rate (p <0.05). The effect size was high on weight, BMI, fat mass, fat-free mass and basal metabolic rate. In this way, the present research could highlight the benefits that Pilates can provide to the well-being of the individual, be it in the physical and mental conditioning, as well as in the corporal composition.

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