Comparative study on health related physical fitness between tribal and non tribal school going boys

The health related physical fitness has been associated mainly with the physical well-being, which ultimately influence the mental and social qualities. The importance of health related physical fitness depends on activities that focus not only of improving the physical health but also the daily life style of one self. The main purposes of this study were to compare the status of health related physical fitness of school going boys between tribal and non-tribal students. Thirty subjects on each group of tribal and non-tribal in the age group of 12–14 yrs. from a secondary school were chosen randomly for the present study. The criterias were cardiorespiratory endurance, abdominal strength endurance, upper body strength endurance, flexibility, and body composition which were measured by 1 mile run & walk, curl-ups, push-ups, V-sit & reach and body mass index. The result revealed that the non-tribal students have more flexibility, abdominal strength endurance and higher BMI than the tribal students and less cardio respiratory endurance and upper body strength endurance.