EFFECTS OF 12 WEEKS OF CONCURRENT TRAINING ON BACK STRENGTH AND CARDIO-RESPIRATORY ENDURANCE UNIVERSITY WOMEN STUDENTS

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of 12 weeks of concurrent training on back strength and cardio-respiratory endurance among university women students under the age group 18-23 years. To achieve this purpose 40 women students were selected under the age group 18-23 from the department of physical education and sports sciences, Annamalai University, Chidambaram. They were divided into two groups namely concurrent strength and endurance training group and control group consisting of 20 subjects in each group. The experimental group alone received the concurrent strength and endurance training for 12 weeks, whereas the control group maintained their daily routine activities and no special training was given. All the subjects were tested in the selected variables such as back strength and cardio-respiratory endurance before and after 12 weeks of concurrent training program. The data collected from the subjects would be statistically analyzed by using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to find out the significant difference, if any between the groups. The .05 level of confidence was fixed to test the level of significance which was considered as an appropriate. The results of the study showed that there was significant differences exist between concurrent training group and control group. And also concurrent training group showed significant improvement on back strength and cardio-respiratory endurance compared to control group.