RELATIONSHIP OF MUSCULAR AND CARDIO RESPIRATORY FITNESS WITH BODY FAT PERCENTAGE OF ADOLESCENTS

Dr. Gurpreet Singh

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship of body fat percentage with muscular fitness and cardio respiratory fitness of adolescents. To complete the research work the researcher has selected forty male adolescent athletes from Lovely professional university by using purposive random sampling technique.  Findings pertaining to the study resolved with significant relationship of muscular fitness and cardio respiratory fitness with body fat percentage. For testing the significance of muscular and cardio- respiratory fitness of body fat percentage variables of adolescents’ product movement correlation was employed. The level of significance was set at 0.05 levels. Negative correlation was found above both the selected variable body fat percentage.

Keywords: Muscular, Cardio Respiratory, Fitness and Body Fat Percentage