Wirat Sonchan and Pratoom Moungmee and Anek Sootmongkol
The Effects of a Circuit Training Program on Muscle Strength, Agility, Anaerobic Performance and Cardiovascular Endurance
176 - 179
2017
11
4
International Journal of Sport and Health Sciences
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10007067
https://publications.waset.org/vol/124
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
This study aimed to examine the effects of a circuit training program on muscle strength, agility, anaerobic performance and cardiovascular endurance. The study involved 24 freshmen (age 18.870.68 yr.) male students of the Faculty of Sport Science, Burapha University. They sample study were randomly divided into two groups Circuit Training group (CT; n12) and a Control group (C; n12). Baseline data on height, weight, muscle strength (hand grip dynamometer and leg strength dynamometer), agility (agility TTest), and anaerobic performance (Runningbased Anaerobic Sprint Test) and cardiovascular endurance (20 m Endurance Shuttle Run Test) were collected. The circuit training program included one circuit of eight stations of 3060 seconds of workrest interval with two cycles in Week 14, and 6090 seconds of workrest interval with three cycles in Week 58, performed three times per week. Data were analyzed using paired ttests and independent sample ttest. Statistically significance level was set at 0.05. The results show that after 8 weeks of a training program, muscle strength, agility, anaerobic capacity and cardiovascular endurance increased significantly in the CT Group (p < 0.05), while significant increase was not observed in the C Group (p < 0.05). The results of this study suggest that the circuit training program improved muscle strength, agility, anaerobic capacity and cardiovascular endurance of the study subjects. This program may be used as a guideline for selecting a set of exercise to improve physical fitness.
Open Science Index 124, 2017