BMI response to the influence of aerobic training on Overweight women

Abstract

The purpose of the study was designed to find out the influence of aerobic training on BMI of overweight women. To achieve the purpose of the study, forty college overweight women were randomly selected from PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore. Their age ranged from 18 to 24 years. They were divided into two equals groups. The groups consist of 20 each and named experimental group and control group. The investigator did not made any attempt to equate the group. The experimental group was given aerobic training 3days per week for a period of eight weeks and control group was not given any treatment. BMI was assessed by height and weight, the collected data on physical fitness parameters was analyzed by using ‘t’ test at 0.05 level of confidence. The result of the present study explored that the BMI significantly improved due to the influence of aerobic training on BMI of overweight women.