The Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Improving SleepQuality and Flexibility in Overweight Women in the Covid-19 Pandemic Era

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of aerobic exercise on improving sleep quality and anxiety in overweight women in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Physical activity is required aerobic exercise to maintain body fitness and ideal body shape. This research is a single-group pretest-posttest experimental study. The subjects in this study were overweight women aged 25-55, with 47 respondents. The measurement instruments in this study were the PSQI and the Sit and Reach Test. The data analysis technique used the normality test with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, the homogeneity test using the Levene test, and the significance test using a paired t-test. The results of the analysis of this study indicate that the results of the PSQI t-test (13.858) are greater than the t-table and the results of the t-count flexibility (-12.786), so aerobic exercise is effective in improving sleep quality and flexibility in overweight women.

Keywords

• aerobic gymnastic
• sleep quality
• flexibility
• overweight