EFFECT OF SELECTED AEROBIC EXERCISES ON CARDIORESPIRATORY ENDURANCE AND WEIGHT REDUCTION OF OVERWEIGHT FEMALE STUDENTS OF DILLA UNIVERSITY

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.