Effect of Weight Training On Selected Anthropometric and Physiological Variables among Sedentary Students

Abstract

Sedentary lifestyle is one of the bad habits an individual pose. Health clubs and gym centres have become popular and weight training has become household name. As weight training becomes a more popular method to improve fitness, question remains regarding the effectiveness of weight training on physiological components. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine effects as weight training on vital capacity (VC), breath holding capacity (BHC), respiratory rate (RR), body composition (BC) fore arm girth (FG), upper arm girth (UG), chest girth (CG), thigh girth (TG), and calf girth in sedentary male students. In this study, 150 healthy but inactive male subjects (college level students) of Nanded district in Maharashtra. The age of subjects ranged between 21 30 years and were randomly placed into two groups i.e., control group (N = 75) and an experimental group (N = 75). The participants were tested before and after completing the 12-week weight training study. The control group was given no training and experimental group performed experimental training for the period of 12-week weight training on alternative day. The t-test had been used to do the evaluation. Results indicated significant (p lt 0.05) increases in fore arm girth, upper arm girth, chest girth, thigh girth, calf girth and breath holding capacity in experimental group when to compared control group. But no significant effect of weight training was found on BC, VC and RR. It was concluded from the results that weight training programme designed for this is beneficial for increasing fore arm girth, upper arm girth, chest girth, thigh girth, calf girth and breath holding capacity. newline