Abstract

The Purpose of the study was to find out the effect of aerobic training on selected physiological variables. Selection of Subjects: For the present study 40 male students from SGT University Gurugram were selected randomly as the subjects for the study. The age of the subjects ranged between 20 - 23 years. Selection of Variables:  The variables selected for the present study were circuit training (independent variable), Resting Heart Rate (RHR) and Peak Flow Rate (PFR). For the study pre-test – post-test randomized group design, which consists of control group (20 students) and experimental group (20 students) was used. The data were collected through the pre-test, before training and post-test, after twelve weeks of aerobic exercises training. For comparing pre and post-test means of experimental and control groups of selected physiological variables, descriptive analysis and Paired t-test were used; the data analyzed with the help of SPSS software and the level of significance was set at 0.05 level of confidence. The result of the study showed that there was significant difference between pre and post-test (experimental group) of RHR and PFR. On the basis of the findings it was concluded that the aerobic training might be responsible for the improvement of selected physiological variables like RHR and PFR.

Keywords: Circuit Training, Aerobic Exercise, Physiological Variables, Resting Heart Rate, Peak Flow Rate.