The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of resistance training on resting pulse rate among women physical education students. It was hypothesized that there would be significant differences on resting pulse rate due to the effect of resistance training. For the present study the 30 women physical education students from Sri Sarada College of Physical Education for Women, Salem, Tamilnadu were selected at random and their age ranged from 18 to 25 years. The resting pulse rate was assessed by stethoscope. For the present study pre test – post test random group design which consists of control group and experimental group was used. The subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups of fifteen each and named as Group ‘I’ and Group ‘II’. Group ‘I’ underwent resistance training and Group ‘II’ has not undergone any training. Resting pulse rate was assessed by bio-monitor. The data was collected before and after twelve weeks of training. The data was analyzed by applying ANCOVA test. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The results of the study showed that the experimental group reduced the resting pulse rate than the control group.

KEYWORDS: Resistance Training, Resting Pulse Rate, Physical Education Students.