Effect of circuit training program on selected physical fitness components of female students in case of Mekdela Amba University freshman students

The purpose of this study is to find out the effect of circuit training program on selected physical fitness components of female students. To achieve the objective of the study a probability sampling technique was used to select thirty participants from three hundred twenty five freshman female students of Mekdela Amba University age between 18 up to 20. The research design was informal experimental with pre-post without control groups design. The physical fitness variables selected for the study were muscular strength, speed, and agility. The collected data were analyzed by using paired sample t-test by using SPSS software with a pair-wise comparison of means at a 95% confidence interval was performed. To determine the difference between pre and post-training mean value after 12 weeks of continuous training the subject was registered significant improvement on each selected physical fitness component 3.53 mean differences was registered by sit-up test, from 30-meter dash test of speed was improved by 0.83sec after12 weeks of exercise. The mean difference value in the agility test was decreased by-3.07 the result indicates the effective change was observed in participants' agility performance. The result obtains in this study indicate that there was a significant improvement in all the selected physical fitness components. The main finding of the study showed that the effect of circuit training program has a positive effect on improvement in physical fitness components of female students