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ENHANCEMENT OF STRENGTH TRAINING ON STRENGTH POWER ENDURANCE AND FLEXIBILITY
The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effect of 12 weeks of strength training on abdominal strength, explosive power, aerobic endurance and lower back and hamstring flexibility of schoolchildren. subjects for this study were 40 healthy male school children ( age14#1.5 years, height ; 146#5.8 cm, body mass47#4.4kg ) the foly subjects were randomly assigned in to two equal groups,STG strength training group (n=20 ) and CG – control group (n=20). The training program ‘s duration was 12 weeks , and it consisted of own body exercises on circuit based strength training sessions. Abdominal strength- measured through sit ups test -sit ups completed in the 30 seconds- Explosive power - standing Broad Jump test Aerobic Endurance -The Cooper Test – test was used -lower back and hamstring Flexibility –sit and reach test. The pretest and posttest randomized control group design was used as an experimental design. selected criterion variables was statistically analyzed with paired sample test was used to find out significant improvement and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used for significant difference and all the case 0.05 level of confidence was fixed to test the hypothesis. The Experimental group was produced favorable change in abdominal strength. Explosive power , Aerobic endurance and lower back & hamstring flexibility due to that effect of 12 weeks of strength exercise program of school children. The control group showed no significant change in any.
KEY WORDS; An abdominal strength, Explosive power, Aerobic Endurance and lower back and Hamstring Flexibility.