EFFECTS OF WEIGHT TRAINING ON SELECTED PHYSICAL VARIABLES OF TRIBAL STUDENTS OF VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY

Dr. Binod Chowdhary and Dr. Badshah Ghosh

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of Weight Training on selected physical variables i.e. Leg strength, arm strength and abdomen strength. Total 30 male undergraduate Tribal students from the different departments of Vidyasagar University who regularly practice their respective games in the university ground were taken as subjects. The study was confined to the following physical variables i.e. legs strength, abdominal strength and arm strength. Explosive leg strength was measured by standing broad jump and was recorded to the nearest of a centimeters. Arm’s strength was measured by arm strength Index was computed by the application of Roger’s formula. Abdominal Strength was measured bent Knee sit- ups and was recorded in numbers. To find out the effect of twelve weeks weight training on selected Physical Variables of Tribal students, dependent‘t-test’ was applied at the level of significance of 0.05. The Study shows a significance improvement after twelve weeks of Weight Training program on physical variables of tribal students.

Keywords: Arms Strength, Abdominal Strength and Leg Strength.