A PHYSICAL FITNESS INTERVENTION PROGRAM ON SELECTED HEALTH-RELATED FITNESS AMONG YOUTHS OF A COMMUNITY IN FIJI

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of a physical fitness intervention program on selected health-related fitness components among youth's boys in Fiji. A quasiexperimental pretest-posttest design was adopted for the study. Fifteen youths from Al Madina Clopcott club in Ba Fiji volunteered to be part of the study. One group pretest – posttest Quasi-Experimental design was used for the study. Pretest data on Body Fat, Basal Metabolic Rate, Body mass index, Reaction ability, Balance ability, and speed was found during a one-week camp. Before the commencement of the training. The youths went through an eight-week training program with five days of training per week. The different test was used to test components of fitness in the same environmental conditions; Data were collected from the youths after the training period during a one-week camp and analysed statistically using paired t-test. Significant improvements have been made due to the effect of the training program on all of the variables tested. The variable Body mass index did not show the significant difference due to only eight weeks of training and the fact that diet was not controlled for the participants.