Effect of aerobic and anaerobic exercise programme on selected physical fitness components among college women

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate the effect of aerobic and anaerobic exercise programme on selected physical fitness components of college women. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, forty five (N = 45) women from Bharathiar University affiliated college, Coimbatore were selected as subjects. The subject age ranged from 18 to 25 years. The subjects were divided into three equal groups consists of 15 each. The group – I (n = 15) was underwent to aerobic exercise group (AEG), group – II (n = 15) was underwent to anaerobic exercise group (ANAEG) for the period of 12 weeks and group III (n = 15) acted as control Group (CG), they did not participate any specific training programme. Each group consists of 15 subjects. Physical fitness components speed was assessed by 50 yards test and unit of measurement was in seconds, agility was assessed by 4*10mts shuttle run test and unit of measurement was in seconds, Cardio-vascular endurance was assessed by 12 minute cooper run/walk test and unit of measurement was in meters. The result of the present study explored that aerobic and anaerobic exercise program produced significant improvement over speed, agility and cardio vascular endurance among college women. Further it was concluded that aerobic exercise produced significant improvement over cardio vascular endurance when compared with anaerobic exercises training and anaerobic exercise produces significant improvement over speed and agility when compared with aerobic exercise.