Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of varied intensities of weight training on arm strength and leg strength. To achieve this purpose of the study 60 college men students studying in the Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Arts College, Puducherry were selected as subjects at random. Their age ranged between 18 to 25 years. The selected subjects were divided into four equal groups of 15 each. The experimental group- I underwent high intensity weight training, group- II underwent medium intensity weight training, group-III underwent low intensity weight training for three days per week for 6 weeks whereas the group-IV act as control group. The following variable namely arm strength and leg strength was selected as criterion variable. The collected data were analyzed statistically through analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to fund out the significant difference, if any among the groups. Whenever the obtained “F” ratio was found to be significant, the scheffe’s test was applied as post hoc test to find out the paired mean difference, if any. The 0.5 level of confidence was fixed to test the level of significance which was considered as an appropriate. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference exists among high, medium, low intensity weight training groups and control group on arm strength and leg strength. And also high intensity weight training group, medium intensity weight training group and low intensity weight training group showed significant improvement on arm strength and leg strength when compared to control group.
Author Name : Dr. R. Sendhil
Keywords: Weight Training, Arm Strength, Leg Strength.
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