The purpose of this study is to closely examine its effects on BMI(Body Mass Index) and improvement in fundamental physical fitness after applying the Circuit Training Program for strengthening the fundamental physical fitness to 3rd graders of elemen...
The purpose of this study is to closely examine its effects on BMI(Body Mass Index) and improvement in fundamental physical fitness after applying the Circuit Training Program for strengthening the fundamental physical fitness to 3rd graders of elementary school.
Aiming at the research objective, it re-constructed the program in line with elementary-school students' physical fitness as for the aerobic exercise with 5 items and the muscular-strength exercise program with 5 items for "15-minute circuit training" by Park Dong-ho(2006), and carried out for totally 12 minutes by repetitively performing this three times through exercising at an interval of 24 seconds by each exercise item.
The research subjects were selected the experimental group with 14 people(boys:7, girls:7) and the control group with 14 people(boys:7, girls:7), who well understood the purport of this study and hoped positive participation among 3rd graders of K elementary school in Incheon city. The experimental group was applied the circuit training. The control group was applied nothing.
The circuit training program had been applied for totally 8 weeks. The items were carried out such as BMI, situp, 50m running, Trunk Flexion Forward, the standing broad jump, and distance running-walking(600m) before and after experiment. The measured data was verified two-way Mixed ANOVA by using SPSS statistical program. As a result, the following conclusions were obtained.
First, the long-term circuit training lowered BMI in elementary-school students.
Second, the long-term circuit training enhanced speed, cardiovascular respiratory endurance, flexibility, power, and muscular endurance out of the fundamental physical fitness in elementary-school students.
Given synthesizing the above conclusions, the long-term operation of the circuit training program can be said to bring about the positive effect on reducing weight in elementary-school students and on enhancing fundamental physical fitness such as muscular endurance, flexibility, speed, cardiovascular respiratory endurance, and power in elementary-school students.