Effect of Walking with and without Load Intermittent Walking on Cardio Respiratory Endurance Muscular Strength and Muscular Endurance of Adolescent Boys

Abstract

The purpose of the present investigation was to find out the effects of walking with and without load intermittent walking on selected metabolic health fitness outcomes of adolescent boys. To achieve this purpose sixty (N=60) male college students were randomly selected as subjects from Bangalore University affiliated college in this academic year 2013-14. The selected subjects were ranged between 18-25 years. The selected subjects were divided into three equal groups Such as Walking without Load, Walking with load and Combination of walking with and without Load. Each group consists of 20 subjects. The selected variables were used in this study are Cardio respiratory endurance, Muscular strength and Muscular endurance. Each and assigned to Experimental group-I underwent Walking without load Experimental group-II underwent Walking with load and Experimental group-III underwent Combination of Walking with and without load.  They assessed before and after the training period of twelve weeks. The analysis of covariance was used to find out the significant pre and post mean difference between the groups to analysis the data. The study revealed that the above said variables were significantly improved due to the influence of Walking without Load, Walking with load and Combination of walking with and without Load.