Abstract:
This study attempted to evaluate effect of selected aerobic exercises on cardiorespiratory
endurance and weight reduction of overweight female students in case of Dilla University.
Purposive sampling technique was used to select 30 overweight female students of age 19 to 24
years old. All subjects under this study took part in experimental design pre, during and post test
from November 2017 to January 2018, 3 days per week for 3 months and 60 minutes per session.
The selected aerobic exercises for the study were: walking, jogging, rope jumping, step up and
down, step aerobics. Data were analyzed by using SPSS paired samples t- test with pair wise
comparison of means at 95% confidence interval by using pre, during and post tests. The results
indicated that there were significant improvements in exercise heart rate, resting heart rate,
body mass index and waist to hip ratio due to aerobic exercises. This study confirmed that
aerobic training was significant to improve the exercise heart rate, resting heart rate, body mass
index and waist to hip ratio. The mean difference (MD) between pre and post tests for: exercise
heart rate was 3.80000, MD between pre to post for RHR was 3.63333, MD between pre to post for BMI
was 1.82533, MD between pre to post for WHR was 0.04533 or before the training their mean values
were found in the above average according to the standard and after the training they were
included in the average scale due to the aerobic training. The main finding of the study was
overweight female students have positive outcomes towards their future career health. Due to
aerobic training students achieved both cardiorespiratory endurance and weight reduction.
