Effects of Aerobic Exercises Upon Circumference of Hip, Thigh and Calf among Overweight College Students

Abstract

Health related fitness is a blessing. it is the quality which enables a person to perform the daily routine tasks efficiently and effectively. Overweight is one of the factors that affect the health-related fitness. The main aim of the current study was to determine the effects of aerobic exercises on circumference of hip, thigh and calf among overweight college students. Twenty-five subjects were selected for the study through PAR-Q having age 20 to 24 years. The pretest data on dependent variables was collected through tape measurement. Ten weeks treatment of aerobic was given to the subjects for three days on alternate days per week. After the treatment, posttest data was collected of dependent variables through the procedure as adopted for the pretest data. The collected data (pre and post) of the subjects was tabulated.  Mean, standard deviation and paired sample t test were used to analyses the data. The significance level was fixed at 0.05.  It is concluded after the data analysis and findings that aerobic training has significant effects on circumference of hip, thigh and calf among overweight college students it is recommended that overweight students should take part in the aerobic training exercises for the enhancement of their health-related fitness.

Key words: Aerobic exercises, Hip. Thigh, Calf, overweight college students