Effects of Aerobic Dance with and without hand held weights on Body Fat Percentage of University of Madras Men Players

Dr.M. Pari

Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

Effects of Aerobic Dance with and without hand held weights on Body Fat Percentage of University of Madras Men Players

Dr. M. Pari

Abstract :

The Purpose of the study was to find out the effects of Aerobic Dance with and without hand held weights on Body Fat Percentage of University of Madras men Players. The study was conducted on thirty (N=30) men players who were studying various colleges affiliated to University of Madras, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India were selected as subjects. The selected subjects were assigned in to three groups of ten each (n=10), Group I underwent Aerobic Dance with hand held weights, Group II underwent Aerobic Dance without hand held weights, and Group III acted as control. Body Fat Percentage was selected as dependent variable. Body Fat Percentage was assessed by Skinfold caliper. All the subjects were tested on selected dependent variables prior to and immediately after the training periods. The data collected data from the three groups prior to and immediately after the training programme on the selected criterion variables were statistically analyzed with Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Whenever the ‘F’ ratio for adjusted post test means was found to be significant, Scheffe’s post hoc test was followed to determine which of the paired mean differences was significant. In all the cases .05 level of confidence was fixed to test the hypotheses. Body Fat Percentage showed significant difference among the groups. Aerobic dance with hand held weight group showed better performance than Aerobic dance without hand held weight group and Control group.