1Assistant Professor, Symbiosis School of Sports Sciences
2Director, Symbiosis School of Sports Sciences
3Dean, Faculty of Health & Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
*Corresponding Author: Nayana Nimkar, Email id director@ssss.edu.in; Contact number 9822065499
Online published on 19 August, 2019.
Cardiovascular endurance is the most important fitness component which shows the efficiency of the heart and lungs to supply oxygen-rich blood to the working group of muscles. Improving the overall exercise capacity with cardiovascular endurance will increase life expectancy and significantly reduce the chances of several heart diseases. Correct measurement of such fitness component is very vital for all.
To develop the norms for cardiovascular endurance test for Indian youth aged 18–25 years.
To the best of our knowledge none of the studies has been done before for the development of the cardiovascular endurance test norms for the Indian population. There is a paucity of literature on development of the cardiovascular endurance test norms for the Indian population.
For the purpose of the study a sample of 3845 male (19.97 ± 1.81 years) and 3393 female (20.11 ± 1.9 years) university students were selected for the study. Beep test was used for measuring cardiovascular endurance. Different statistical methods were opted for analysing the relationship between the variables, normalization and visualization of data and the development of norms.
The results of the study shows that variables age and gender have a significant relationship with the results of the beep test. Although the R2 value is very less, the model developed by including both the variables was found to be significant. Norms were developed for the Indian youth aged 18–25 years.
Norms are necessary to test, compare, analyze and evaluate one's strengths and weaknesses. The norms will guide and direct the Indian youth about their cardiovascular fitness status. It will also help coaches and trainers to design a training plan accordingly.
The developed norms for measuring cardiovascular endurance has a direct linear relationship with age and gender. Age has an inverse relationship with beep test performance. Due to the physiological differences, cardiovascular endurance for male participants was greater than the female participants.
Cardiovascular Endurance, Beep test, Age, Gender
