Comparative study of some anthropometric variables, agility and body mass index of bodybuilder and athletes

Abstract

The main purpose of the study is to find out some anthropometric variables, agility and body mass index of bodybuilder and athletes. The present researcher will take the male subjects for the study. The sources from bodybuilder and athletes of Amravati city health center will be taken as sources of data. The researcher was select 20 bodybuilder and 20 athletes. The 40 Subjects would be selected by purposive sampling method. The data collected on 40 subjects was Analyzed by Applying‘t’ test to compare Anthropometric, Agility and Body mass index of Athletes and Bodybuilder. To test the hypothesis, the level of significant was set at 0.05 level of confidence which was considered adequate and reliable for the purpose of this study. In the present study it is found that there was a significant difference in chest girth, thigh girth, calf girth, agility and body mass index between athletes and bodybuilder because calculated ‘t’ more than tabulated value. Also there was a no significant difference in palm length, arm length, lower-leg-length, foot length between athletes and bodybuilder because calculated ‘t’ less than tabulated value.