THE EFFECTS OF AEROBIC EXERCISE ON SELECTED HEALTH RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS OF ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY FITNESS CENTER PARTICIPANTS

Abstract

The purpose of this study was tend to investigate the ef fect of aerobic exercise on selectedheal th related physical fi tness of Arba Minch University Fitness Center participants. The study was conducted from February 2019 to April 2019(twelve weeks) for this study a total population of 80 and sample size of study formula n/N ,21 male Arba Minch University Fi tness Center participants were selected randomly those who fulfill the eligibility criteria such asphysical activity readiness questionnaire to aerobic exercise participant.The researcher was selected health related fitness test battery such as; 3 minute step test, curl-up test, Sit and reach test, body mass index test. Pretest was conducted before giving the training and post test was conducted after 12 week of training. The obtained quantitative data was analyzed by paired sample ‘t’ test with the help of (SPSS) version 20 software to determine the difference between pre training and post training mean value of different variables. The level of significance was seat at p<0.05. And finally find out a significant value of Cardiovascular Endurance test significant effect of p=0.015<0.05, Muscular Endurance test significant effect of p=0.001<0.05, Flexibility test significant effect of p=0.001<0.05 and Body Mass Index test significant effect of p=0.010<0.05.The result of the study showed that aerobic exercise training improved cardiovascular endurance, Muscular endurance, and Flexibility and Body composition. Aerobic exercise training has a significant effect on enhancing the performance of the selectedhealth related physical f itness of Arba Minch University Fitness Center participants. Based on the findings recommends aerobic exercise training enhances selected health related physical f itness of Arba Minch Universi ty Fitness Center participants.