Effects Of Aerobic And Resistance Exercises Training On Muscular Endurance And Related Physiological Variables Of Male Middle-Distance Athletes In Ambo University Youth Athletics Project, Oromia

Abstract

Aerobic and resistance exercise are more favorable to improving muscular endurance and related physiological variables in youth athletes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of aerobic and resistance exercise training on muscular endurance and related physiological variables of male middle-distance athletes in the Ambo University youth athletics project. To achieve the objective of this study, a true experimental research design was employed. The total population of the study was eighteen (n=18) subjects. All subjects were taken as the sample of study by using the method of census sampling technique and then segregated into nine (n = 9) experimental groups (EG) and nine (n = 9) control groups (CG) by simple random sampling technique. The experimental group participated in exercise for eight weeks, three days per week in addition to their training program. The data were collected through pre and posttest of exercise on dependent variable of all subjects of the study. Then the collected data were analyzed using SPSS version 26. A paired sample t-test was used to analyze the mean, standard deviation, and significance difference between pre-posttest results of the study’s subjects. The significant level was set at p<0.05. As a result of the study, aerobic and resistance exercise had significant effect on muscular endurance of (EG) in the squat test, (MD=-3.44), p=0.000, in the pushup test (MD=-3.67), (p = 0.000), resting heart rate (MD = 4.89 beat/min, p = 0.000), hemoglobin (MD=-.29 g/dl), (p = 0.039), and VO2max (MD=-3.59 l/min/kg) p =0.000. However, the CG had no statistically significant change, on muscular endurance in squat test, (MD= -.33) (P=0.397) in push up test, (MD= -.56) (P=0.095), RHR (MD = 0.44 beats/min, p =0.447, hemoglobin (MD= -.12 g/dl) p=0.074, and VO2max (MD=0.32 l/min/kg) (p= 0.511). So the findings of this study revealed that combined aerobic and resistance exercise had a statistically significant effect on muscular endurance and related physiological variables in the youth athletes. Therefore researcher recommends as the athletes and coaches incorporate combined aerobic and resistance exercise in to their training program to improve these variables.