Introduction:

Heart failure is the leading cause of death worldwide.

Objective:

To know the impact of strength training on the lipid profile of patients with heart failure.

Material and methods:

Randomized controlled trial of 3 years with a sample of 920 patients with heart failure distributed in 3 groups: aerobic Exercise-GC; aerobic exercise plus MMSS training-GE1; aerobic exercise plus MMII training-GE2. Hematological samples were performed to blood glucose levels and lipid profile. In addition, tests and tests for aerobic capacity, maximum heart rate, anthropometry, depression, anxiety, clinical and hemodynamic parameters. The tests are performed before and after 24 training sessions of 60-minute, 3 times a week for two months.

Results:

When comparing the post data of the training plan, favorable results were obtained in the lipid profile of GE1 (Col: 195 ± 29.5 vs 182 ± 21.4; Tri: 120 ± 12.7 vs 117 ± 16.3; LDL: 116 ± 23.4 vs 109 ± 12.6) and GE2 (Col: 208 ± 29.6 vs 173 ± 16.5; Tri: 160 ± 18.2 vs 138 ± 7.7; LDL: 112 ± 12.7 vs 109 ± 11.6) (p = <0.05). In addition, of all the variables evaluated.

Conclusions:

Strength training combined with aerobic exercise generates a decrease in glycemic and lipid levels; highlighting that no differences were found between the groups versus high density lipoprotein.