Abstract:
The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effect of 12 weeks of strength training on abdominal strength, explosive power, aerobic endurance and lower back and hamstring flexibility of school children. Subjects for this study were 40 healthy male school children (age: 14 ± 1.5 years, height: 146 ± 5.8 cm, body mass: 47 ± 4.4 kg) The Forty subjects were randomly assigned in to two equal groups, STG- Strength training group (n=20) and CG- Control group (n=20). The training program’s duration was 12 weeks, and it consisted of own body exercises on circuit based strength training sessions. Abdominal strength- Measured through sit ups test- sit-ups completed in the 30 seconds-Explosive Power- Standing Broad Jump test- Aerobic Endurance- The Cooper Test- test was used-Lower back and hamstring Flexibility – sit and reach test. The pre test and post test randomized control group design was used as an experimental design. Selected criterion variables was statistically analyzed with paired sample‘t’ test was used to find out significant improvement and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used for significant difference and all the cases 0.05 level of confidence was fixed to test the hypothesis. The Experimental group was produced favourable changes in abdominal strength, Explosive power, Aerobic endurance and lower back & hamstring flexibility due to that effect of 12 weeks of Strength exercise program of school children. The control group showed no significant change in any.
Author Name : Dr. S. Sethu
Keywords: Abdominal Strength, Lower Back, Flexibility, Hamstring.
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