Isolated and Combined Effects of Anaerobic and Aerobic Training on Agility Performance of Collegiate Men Boxers

Abstract

The purpose of the study was isolated and combined effects of anaerobic and aerobic training on Agility performances of collegiate men boxers. 80 men boxers from various colleges, The selected subjects were of age group ranging from 18 to 25 years. The subjects were randomly divided into four groups and each group consisted of 20 subjects. Group-I underwent isolated aerobic exercises, Group-II was isolated anaerobic exercises, Group-III was combination of aerobic and anaerobic exercises and Group-IV act as control group was not given any special treatment. The experimental period was for 12 weeks. Pre-test and post test were taken before and after the training programme. The selected physical variables were agility. During the intervention phase, a modified training program was offered by a well-trained boxing instructor to the experimental group under the supervision of the researcher at a college in India. All participants were encouraged to continue their standard physical activities and routine procedures. The intervention phase l2 weeks and included morning 45 minutes and evening 45 minutes boxing classes for alternative days in a week. To find out the significant effects of aerobic and anaerobic training on selected physical variable. The ANCOVA statistical technique was used to find the mean difference between the groups on physical variables. The results of the study revealed a Significant group í— test interaction (p < 0.05). Follow-up analyses indicated that while no group differences in physical variables existed between the four groups of the pre-test. In post test all the experimental groups were found to have significantly (p < 0.05) better performance on the physical variables than the control group. The findings of the present study suggest that combined effects of anaerobic and aerobic training improved the physical variables in collegiate boxers.