The Effect of Circuit Training and Weight Training on Selected Physiological Variables and Running Performances among University Athletes

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of circuit training and weight training on selected physiological variable among university athletes. To achieve the purpose of the present study, forty five (n=45) University athletes from Chennai, Tamilnadu, India were selected as subjects at random and their ages ranged from 18 to 21 years. The experimental group endured the training activities for 12 weeks with a schedule of six days whereas the control group remained with no activities. The subjects were tested prior to and after the experimentation on vo2 max The obtained data from the experimental and control groups of initial and final readings were statistically analyzed with analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). To find out difference between experimental and control group at the level of significance was set at 0.05. It was proved that there was a significant difference existing on circuit training group on selected physiological variable among university athletes.