A comparative study on different fitness attributes of rural and urban young male and female

All-round fitness is a key to quality of life. To be able to carry out daily tasks without undue fatigue or to enjoy leisure-time pursuits requires a certain degree of fitness. A physically fit person looks better, feels better and thinks better and so lives better. Likewise, physical fitness is closely associated with good health.

To compare different fitness attributes of rural and urban male and female of young age.

Total 60 (15 rural males, 15 urban males and 15 rural females, 15 urban females), ages 17–22 years, belonging to south 24 district, West Bengal, volunteered to serve as subjects of the study. Muscular strength-endurance, agility, explosive strength and were the selected fitness variables of the study. Independent't' test was used to examine the significant difference, if any, between the group means of different physical fitness variables. The level of confidence was set at.05.

The t-value of muscular strength-endurance [2.95 (<.05)], explosive strength [2.35 (<.05)], and agility [2.14(<.05)], of rural and urban males and muscular strength-endurance [3.05 (<.05)], explosive strength [2.63 (<.05)], agility [2.49(<.05)], of rural and urban females were found significant.

Mean value indicates that in muscular strength-endurance, explosive strength, agility rural males and females are better than urban males and females' gender wise under study.