International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 10

Effect of Twelve Weeks conditioning training on Body Composition of Tribal Students of West Bengal

  • Author:
  • Badshah Ghosh1, Binod Chowdhary2
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 106 to 111

1Asst. Prof., Panskura Banamali College, Panskura, R.S. Purba Medinipur, W. Bengal, India

2Asst. Prof., Seva Bharati Mahavidyalaya, Kapgari, Paschim Medinipur, W. Bengal, India

Online published on 25 December, 2015.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to search the effect of regularly conditioning training program on body composition of tribal students of Seva Bharati Mahavidyalaya, Kapgari, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India. 21 male students who resided in hostel of the institute were selected for the study and their age ranged between 17 to 21 years. Subjects’ body mass index (BMI), skin fold thickness (SFT), body fat percentage (PBF), diameter-circumference (cm) values were measured as being the 1st measurement was done before the program, the 2nd measurement after the end of 5th week and the 3rd measure after the end of 10th week. SPSS-16 packet software was used to process the data obtained from the measurements. To indentify the relevance among three average measurements; Repeated Measure ANOVA/Benferroni test was applied and level of significance was chosen as 0.05 and 0.01.

Keywords

Conditioning training, Anthropometry, Body Composition