EFFECT OF SELECTED RESISTANCE TRAINING ON HEALTH RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS COMPONENTS OF FIRST YEAR FEMALE SPORT SCIENCE STUDENTS IN CASE OF WOLLO UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out the effects of selected resistance training on health related physical fitness variables of first Year female Sport Science Students in the case of Wollo University Dessie Campus, true experimental (pre -posttest) with control group research method was employed to investigate the problem. To achieve this purpose of the study all 36 female students were purposively selected from first Year Sport Science department as a subject and their age were between 18-22 years. They were assigned into two groups, experimental (18) and control group (18). Experimental group participated in resistance training workouts 3 days/week for 12 weeks. The parameters selected for the study were cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, and body composition. Pre-posttest were conducted for all 36 subjects on all health related physical fitness variables and the score were recorded. Data those collected from health related physical fitness variables measurements were analyzed through descriptive statistics (mean ± SD) and paired sample T test (MD, SD mean and significance levels) and independent t- test to analyze and compare the statistical (mean) difference between the results of control and experimental group. The experimental group pre and posttest mean result for health related physical fitness variables were (muscular endurance 21.333±5.224and 31.556±5.731, muscular strength 1.272± 0.139 and 1.609±0.166, body composition 21.866± 7.338 and 19.844±7.767 and flexibility 32.500 ± 3.485 and 33.000±3.217).The present study showed that resistance training has significance effects on all health related physical fitness variables except cardiovascular endurance for experimental group than control group. Based on the finding the researcher recommended that, It is quite clear that further research is necessary in the area of the effects of resistance training on health related physical fitness components. Further, not only in students but also in other sport event athletes.