The Effects of High Intensity Interval Exercise and Moderate Intensity Continuous Exercise on Emotional Response, Dopamine and Lactate Concentration in Obesity

The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference of emotional response, dopamine and lactate concentrations in moderate-intensity continuous exercise(MICE) and high-intensity interval exercise(HIIE)) according to with or without obesity. The subjects of this study were 30 adult males in their 20s and were divided into obesity group (OG, n=15) and non-obesity group (NOG, n=15). Treadmill exercise was performed with MICE (warm up for 5 minutes at 50% VT, exercise for time to consume 150㎉ at 90% VT, cool down for 5 minutes a t 50% VT) and HIIE ( repeated 5 t imes for 2 minutes at 115% VT, active recovery was repeated 4 times for 2 minutes at 85% VT). The results of the statistical analysis are as follows. MICE showed no difference in feeling scale between OG and NOF, and in HIIE, the feeling scale of OG was significantly negative compared to the NOG. In addition, the OG was more negative than the NOG in the PACES after exercise. Dopamine expression showed that both groups increased significantly after 10 minutes of exercise compared to before exercise in MICE and HIIE. At the concentration of lactate, the OG was significantly higher at the end of exercise than the NOG at HIIE.