EFFECT OF PROGRESSIVE AND REGRESSIVE RESISTANCE TRAINING ON SELECTED BIO–CHEMICAL COMPONENTS OF UNIVERSITY WEIGHT LIFTERS

N. Rakkesh; Dr. A. Palanisamy

Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2017

EFFECT OF PROGRESSIVE AND REGRESSIVE RESISTANCE TRAINING ON SELECTED BIO–CHEMICAL COMPONENTS OF UNIVERSITY WEIGHT LIFTERS

N. Rakkesh, Dr. A. Palanisamy

Abstract :

Purpose: The present study was designed to find out the effect of Progressive and Regressive Resistance Training on selected Bio–chemical Components of University weight lifters Subjects: For this purpose forty five(N=45) men weight lifters studying various Engineering Colleges Affiliated to Anna University Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, during the year 2014–2015 were selected as subjects. The subjects were divided at random into three groups of fifteen each (n=15). Group–I underwent Progressive Resistance Training, Group–II underwent Regressive Resistance Training and Group III acted as control. Training Protocol: Group–I underwent Progressive Resistance Training, Group–II underwent Regressive Resistance Training, and Group–III acted as Control. The duration of the training period for all the three Experimental groups was restricted to twelve weeks and the number of sessions per week was confined to three in a week. Variables: The dependent variable selected for this study was Total Cholesterol (TC) and it was assessed through Blood samples test (Calorismetric Method). Statically Procedure: All the subjects were tested prior to and immediately after the training for all the selected variables. Data were collected and statistically analyzed using ANCOVA. Scheffe’s post hoc test was applied to determine the significant difference between the paired means. In all the cases 0.05 level of significance was fixed. Results: The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference was found among all the Experimental groups namely Progressive Resistance Training programme group and Regressive Resistance Training programme had significantly decrease in the Total Cholesterol (TC). When the Experimental groups were compared with each other, the Progressive Resistance Training programme was found to be greater than the Regressive Resistance Training programmes on the decrease of Total Cholesterol (TC).