Effect of circuit training and resistance training on strength endurance of young male college football players

Abstract

The aim of this study was to find out the effect of circuit training and resistance training on strength endurance of male college students. Thirty male college students (n = 30) were randomly selected from the Government Degree College, Kulgam. The age was ranged between 18 and 22 years. The selected subjects were randomly assigned into three equal groups with ten subjects each (n = 10) as circuit training group (CTG) resistance training group (RTG) and control group (CG). The experimental groups underwent their respective experimental treatment for twelve weeks 3 days per week and session on each day. The control group (CG) did not expose any special training apart from their regular activities. The strength endurance was taken as a dependant variable for the study and it was measured by using bent knee sit-up test. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the collected data. The result revealed that the circuit training and resistance training was made significant improvement (p ≤ 0.05) in physical fitness of selected subjects. The level of confidence was fixed at 0.05 levels.