Effect of Concurrent Training on Selected Physical Fitness of Middle Distance Runners
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of concurrent training on physical fitness components. The study employed experimental research design. All 26 Awuscod middle distance runners were taken with EG and CG and divided randomly into two equal groups. Both the (EG= 13) and (CG= 13) had taken PT and POT of 12-minute run test, push-up and abdominal curl up test, wall-sit test, sit-reach test, and 30 meter acceleration test to assess cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility and speed respectively. Only experimental participated in additional 10 weeks CT interventions. While, the CG continued with their usual training The data collected from the study subject were analyzed using SPSS version 25 software by using descriptive statistics (mean and SD) and inferential statistics (paired t-test and independent t-test) with level of significant 0.05. The results showed CT has significantly improved cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, and speed on EG (p<0.05).But no significant difference was observed in flexibility. Furthermore, no more significant differences were found in all of the variables in CG (p>0.05). Therefore, this study concluded that concurrent training intervention program carried out during ten weeks intervention period is conducive, effective has an improvement of cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, and speed
DOI: 10.20372/nadre:19763
Author: ESHETIE TESHAGER
Language: English
Subfield: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7090856535
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