EFFECT OF PYRAMIDAL TRAINING ON EPICARDIAL FAT FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE PREVENTION

"Pyramidal training prescription:Mode of exercise: aerobic interval training. Intensity: ranging from 20-80% from THR. Duration: 40 minutes per session.Frequency: Three sessions per week for 12 weeks.~The course of the program will be 2 sets of pyramidal training with 10 minutes for rest between them. Each set will be 5 levels of incremental and 5 levels of decremental aerobic exercise and each level 2 minutes on a treadmill.~1. Level one: will be set as a 20% walking of Karvonen formula.~2. Level two: will be set as a 30% running of Karvonen formula.~3. Level three: will be set as a 50%running of Karvonen formula.~4. Level four: will be set as a 70% running of Karvonen formula.~5. Level five: will be set as a 80% running of Karvonen formula."

"Mediterranean diet:~Meal Composition Main meals consumed daily should be a combination of three elements: cereals, vegetables and fruits, and a small quantity of legumes, beans or other (though not in every meal). Cereals in the form of bread, pasta, rice, couscous or bulgur (cracked wheat) should be consumed as one-two servings per meal. Vegetable consumption should amount to two or more servings per day, in raw form for at least one of the two main meals (lunch and dinner). Fruit should be considered as the primary form of dessert, with one-two servings per meal."