Effects of aerobic interval training on metabolic complications and cardiorespiratory fitness in young adults with psychotic disorders: A pilot study

Sailing Can Improve Quality of Life of People with Severe Mental Disorders: Results of a Cross Over Randomized Controlled Trial

“…Thus with the current treatment regimens, patients can more easily make physical activity, since the same new drugs making exercise more accessible also produce undesirable symptoms that are mitigated by exercise [22]. However, the improvement in quality of life produced by sailing in our sample certainly depends upon more general and complex aspects although it may have a relationship with the improvement of body awareness and of the physical skills of participants, as emerged specifically from the physical scale.…”

High velocity circuit resistance training improves cognition, psychiatric symptoms and neuromuscular performance in overweight outpatients with severe mental illness

“…Interval training has been used in a variety of populations ranging from elite athletes to heart failure patients, often producing greater increases in VO 2max using lower training volumes than aerobic training (Wisloff et al, 2007;Daussin et al, 2008;Burgomaster et al, 2008). However, anaerobic interval training has not as readily been used as a training modality in schizophrenia (Abdel-Baki et al, 2013) and never in bipolar disorder. A study by Abdel-Baki et al (2013), using aerobic, not anaerobic interval training in early psychosis patients, 14 weeks in duration, showed significant decreases in resting heart rate, waist circumference and gains in VO2 max .…”

“…However, anaerobic interval training has not as readily been used as a training modality in schizophrenia (Abdel-Baki et al, 2013) and never in bipolar disorder. A study by Abdel-Baki et al (2013), using aerobic, not anaerobic interval training in early psychosis patients, 14 weeks in duration, showed significant decreases in resting heart rate, waist circumference and gains in VO2 max . Notable advantage of using anaerobic interval training is the option of specifically targeting improvements in muscle power and strength, especially when the intervals are performed using external resistance (circuit training).…”

Cardiorespiratory benefits of group exercise among adults with serious mental illness

“…This cardiorespiratory improvement was found at 6 months, supporting other literature showing physiological benefits from exercise in persons with serious mental illness. (Scheewe et al, 2012, del-Baki et al, 2013, Armstrong et al, 2016) We also identified enhanced cardiorespiratory fitness from group exercise at 18 months thus adding to the nascent evidence of long term cardiorespiratory benefit of exercise in this population. (Bartels et al, 2013) Our 18-month intervention results are important not only for the long length of follow-up, but also due to the nature of the exercise classes in months 7–18.…”