Abstract:

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of a 12-week step-aerobic and Pilates exercise program on the body composition of sedentary women. Its sample included 27 sedentary women who had no health problems, a mean age of 27.59±7.58 years and a mean height of 162.96±4.68 centimeters. They participated voluntarily and did 1.5 hours of step-aerobic and Pilates exercises at moderate intensity 3 days a week for 12 weeks. They did step-aerobic exercises for 1 hour and Pilates exercises for 30 minutes. Pre-test measurements were taken one day before the exercise program started, and the post-test measurements were taken two days after the exercise program ended. These physical parameters were measured: height, weight, respiration, flexibility, skin-fold thickness, waist and hip circumference. The measurements were intended to determine parameters such as respiratory function, flexibility levels, body fat percentages BFP and body mass indexes BMI of participants and also to determine changes after exercise. SPSS 22.0 software was used for the statistical analysis of the data. Descriptive statistics were used for determining distributions, and the paired samples t-test was used when the difference between the first and last measurements was determined. The results are presented as means and standard deviations. A p-value of p

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