Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to determine which group of female students urban/rural has better physical fitness performance in tests. Samples comprised of 72 females’ students (36 urban and 36 rural), this represented 10% of the population from each school of Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan Pakistan. Two physical Fitness components: speed and cardiovascular endurance were assessed using 60 Meters Speed test for speed and Harward Step Test for cardiovascular endurance. Descriptive Statistics examine the characteristics of the samples and Independent ‘t’ test was employed using IBM SPSS Statistics 22 software. The results indicated that urban girls’ performance was superior to the rural girls in speed (9.29Mean) and cardiovascular endurance (5.97Mean) in both physical fitness tests urban girls’ physical fitness level was higher. The findings of this study proved that the results of this study are unique and shows that urban girls have more physical fitness trend than urban girls, moreover it was also discovered for future studies that the cultural, social and living environment had a great impact on the physical fitness of females in Pakistan.
Highlights
The perplexing human body and its systems in a sound condition are the real gift for us by nature
The results of present study showed that the urban female students had performed significantly better in almost all the physical fitness variables of this study as compared to rural female students
The given research results differentiate between rural and urban females, because of the facilities available in urban areas are not being provided in rural areas such as better health facilities, liberal environment, parents supports, better coaches, religion boundaries and impatience among the Muslim society and misconceptions about females those involved in sports and physical activity
Summary
The perplexing human body and its systems in a sound condition are the real gift for us by nature. At present a healthy life is prodigious endowment of God in the real sense. With the progression of time and distinctive developments in the industrial and the scientific revolution upheaval the entire situation, human life has been changed entirely. Before those discoveries and innovations that have made human life easier people rely upon their own energy and individual strength for the satisfaction of requirements. Modernization and advancement in technology have changed our lifestyle and it has affected our physical fitness badly because of less activity
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