Effect of Tabata Interval Methods on Body Fat and Vo₂Max of School Students

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of tabata interval methods on body fat and Vo₂max among school students. In this study forty-five school student those who represented Divisional and State level competitions irrespective of sports and games were selected randomly from the Navbharath Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Public Higher Secondary School and St. Antony's Higher Secondary School, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Data were collected from each subject before and after the training period. The collected data were statistically analysed by using dependent ‘t’ test and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). It was found that there was significant reduction on body fat percentage and increase the Vo2max level of experimental groups when compared to the control group.