Effect of Aerobic Training, Aquatic Training and  Combined Training on Selected Physical Fitness  Variables Among Obese College Men

Dr.k.bagavinar; Dr.k.kamalakkannan

Volume : III, Issue : XII, December - 2013

Effect of Aerobic Training, Aquatic Training and Combined Training on Selected Physical Fitness Variables Among Obese College Men

Dr. K. Bagavinar, Dr. K. Kamalakkannan

Abstract :

We examined the effect of aerobic training, aquatic training and combined training on selected physical fitness, variables among obese college men. The 12– week –long exercise intervention included 60–min of moderate–to–vigorous aerobic training, aquatic training and combined training five times per week, The control group was not exposed to any of additional activity other than their routine. The study was formulated as a random group design. In this study, sixty college men age group of 18 to 21 years were selected as subjects. A pre and post test was employed for this investigation. The subjects were randomly divided into four groups (three experimental and one control group). Group I (n=15; AETG) had undergone aerobic training, group II (n=15; AQTG) had undergone aquatic training, group III (n=15; CTG) had undergone combined training and group IV (n=15; CG) as control. All the subjects were tested prior and after the 12 weeks training period. Results: The results reveal that the interventions had an impact on the selected variables to a similar degree in all experimental groups, It was observed that the mean gains and losses made from pre and post test were statistically significant showing that the group that practiced twelve weeks of aerobic training produced significant improvement in flexibility (+2.33,p<0.05), muscular endurance (+2.47,p<0.05), cardio respiratory endurance (+49.87,p<0.05), percent body fat (–1.94,p<0.05), body mass index (–1.76,p<0.05),aquatic training produced significant improvement in flexibility (+3.33,p<0.05), muscular endurance (+2.87,p<0.05), cardio respiratory endurance (+60.33,p<0.05), percent body fat (–2.41,p<0.05), body mass index (–1.89,p<0.05) and combined training produced significant improvement in flexibility (+3.67,p<0.05), muscular endurance (+3.00,p<0.05), cardio respiratory endurance (+69.00, p<0.05), percent body fat (–3.09,p<0.05), body mass index (–1.93,p<0.05), control group produced insignificant improvement in flexibility (+0.27,p>0.05), muscular endurance (+0.13, p>0.05), cardio respiratory endurance (+0.40, p>0.05), percent body fat (+0.17, p>0.05), body mass index (–0.01, p>0.05).