effects of spinning workout and green tea consumption on the anti-inflammatory and inflammatory markers and body composition of overweight women

Background: systematic inflammations are associated with cardiovascular diseases. the production of inflammatory mediators increases in a sedentary lifestyle and reduces with regular exercise. objectives: the present study aimed to evaluate the effects of eight weeks of spinning workout and green tea supplementation on the anti-inflammatory and inflammatory markers and body composition of overweight women. methods: this study was conducted on 32 overweight women who voluntarily participated in the research and were randomly assigned to the groups of spinning-green tea (sp-gt; n = 11), spinning-placebo (sp-pl; n = 11), and control (no exercise/placebo; n = 10). the experimental groups carried out eight weeks of spinning workout three days a week non-consecutively with the intensity of 11 - 17 rating of perceived exertion (rpe). serum concentrations of tumor necrosis factor-α (tnf-α), interleukin-6 (il-6), and interleukin-10 (il-10) were measured before the intervention and 48 hours after the last training session. in addition, body mass index (bmi) and body fat percentage (bf%) were measured. results: after eight weeks of the intervention, bmi, bf%, and tnf-α significantly reduced in the sp-gt and sp-pl groups (p ≤ 0.05). although the change in il-6 was not significant in the intervention groups (p > 0.05), it significantly increased in the control group (p = 0.011). moreover, a significant increase was observed in il-10 in the sp-gt and sp-pl groups (p = 0.001). conclusions: according to the results, spinning workout improved the inflammatory markers and body composition independent of supplementation, while green tea had a greater effect on il-10. therefore, spinning workout could be used for the prevention of cardiovascular risk factors through the improvement of systematic inflammation.