The Effects of Body Weight Circuit Training Program on Health - Related Physical Fitness in Overweight Youths

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study the effects of body weight circuit training program on health-related physical fitness in overweight youths. The samples were 54 students studying at Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University. Average of age between 18-24 years. The sample groups were simple random sampling into 2 groups including 26 students in body weight circuit training program and 28 students in the control group. The training group participated on a body weight circuit trained for 3 times per week, 40 minutes a day and training for 8 weeks. The intensity was 64 – 76 % of the maximum heart rate. The control group can use a normal life in a day. The data were collected both before and after the experiment. The collected data was health-related physical fitness. The obtained data from pre and post training were compared and analyzed by paired samples t-test and independent samples t-test. The test of significant difference at the 0.05 level. The research findings were as follows 1. After the training intervention, the body weight circuit training program group was significantly higher in health-related physical fitness before and after training (p < .05). 2. After the training intervention, the body weight circuit training program group was significantly higher in health-related physical fitness compared with control group. The waist circumference and muscular strength had no significant difference between the experimental group and the control group (p < .05). Conclusion : The body weight circuit training program had positive effect on increase in the health-related physical fitness, the program was designed for overweight youths are not exercise regularly and low physical fitness and beneficial to be healthy.