Vol. 1, Issue 12, Part F (2015)

Method: Ninety sportspersons of Kurukshetra University from discipline acted as subjects whose age ranged between 18 -24 years and divided into three equal groups. Group I was low intensity training group (LITG), Group II was high intensity training group (HITG) and the third was control group (CG). Bench step training was administered thrice per week, one hour per day for 12 weeks separately for respective training groups. The physiological variables tested were resting pulse rate (RPR), cardiorespiratory endurance (CRE) and respiratory rate (RR). The statistical tool used was Analysis of Variance (ANCOVA) to find out the significant difference between the LITG and HITG.

Result: The results showed that the F ratio for RPR between the LITG and HITG from pre to post-test was, 9.56 and 26.62, for CRE the F ratio was 0.05 and 2.36 and for RPR the F ratio was 0.03 and 15.05 respectively. There was no change in the performance of the CG.

Conclusion: It was concluded that RPR, CRE and RR improved due to bench step training in both the experimental groups. Moreover, HITG resulted greater improvements than LITG and there was no change in the performance of CG. Further it is concluded that Bench Step Training is an exercise modality effective for enhancing total fitness profile by improving muscular performances, muscle morphology, and cardiovascular fitness.