ISOLATED AND COMBINED EFFECTS OF AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC TRAINING ON SELECTED PHYSICAL PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PERFORMANCE VARIABLES OF COLLEGE MEN BOXERS

Abstract

To achieve the purpose of the study, eighty men boxers were selected from Tamil Nadu colleges, who had participated in the inter-collegiate level tournaments. They were selected at random as subjects. All the subjects were residents of Tamil Nadu state and they had a similar academic work and regular activities in accordance with the requirements of their college curriculum. newline The selected subjects were of age group ranging from 18 to 25 years. The subjects were randomly divided into four groups and each group consisted of twenty subjects. Group one acted as experimental group-I and group-II as experimental group-II and group-III as experimental group III and group IV as control group. Group one isolated aerobic trainings, group two isolated anaerobic trainings, group three underwent combination of aerobic and anaerobic trainings and group four was not given any special treatment. The experimental period was for 12 weeks. newlineThe dependent variables selected for this study were Speed, Agility, Muscular Endurance, Arm Explosive Power , Resting heart rate, Breath holding time , Vital capacity, Cardiovascular endurance, Punches, Defensive skills and Overall Boxing Ability . newline newline newline newline