Effect of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) on Strength of Female Basketball Players

Abstract

The present study was designed to find out the effect of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) on Lower Extremity and Upper Extremity Strength of basketball players. To achieve this purpose 30 male basketball players from Park group of Institutions, Tamilnadu, India were randomly selected as subject and their age group was 18 to 23 years. They were divided in to two equal groups. The group 1 considered as experimental group who underwent the High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) three days per week and totally for eight weeks, Group II considered as control group and they did not undergo any special training apart from their regular activities. All the subjects of the two groups were tested on selected bench press and half squat test. Based on the results revealed that the High Intensity Interval Training group produced significant improvement than the control group in bench press and half squat.