The objective of this study is to ascertain the effects that swimming has on physical structure, physical strength, and athletic performance capacity.
The traning group was composed of ten student members of the "K" University amateur swim team while...
The objective of this study is to ascertain the effects that swimming has on physical structure, physical strength, and athletic performance capacity.
The traning group was composed of ten student members of the "K" University amateur swim team while the comparative group was composed of ten ordinary students. The training roup, with the exception of Sundays, trained for about an hour daily for a period of six weeks.
In order to ascertain physical structure, the thickness of subcutaneous fat, percentage of bodyfat, and weight of body fat were measured. Finally, to ascertain the change in athletic performance capacity, heart rate, athletic endurance, and time till appearance of PWC170 were measured using a cycle ergometer.
The first measurements were taken before the experiment. The second measurements were taken after three weeks. The last measurements were taken after six weeks. The following resurts were obtained after analyzing the measurement data.
1)The swimming group, as compared to the control group, decreased the thickness of subcetaneous fat, percentage of bodyfat.
2)Excecising abiligty time of the control group and the training group average (8.07, 8.22 min) at first, The control group averaged (3.97) rose and decreased (1.61%), but the swimming group's average was(1.22%) and continue rose (3.28%) after three, six weeks.
3)PWC 170 of the control group and the swimming group averaged (6.32, 6.30 min) at first. The control group averaged (1.90%) rose and decreased (-0.79), but the training group's average was(1.99%) and continue rose (5.11%) after three, six weeks.
4)General heart-beat of the control group and the swimming group averaged (72.20, 71.80 beat/min) at first.
The control group averaged (0.55%) rose and decreased (-1.39) and continue decreased (-4.57) after three, six weeks.
5)The best heart-beat of the control group and the swimming group averaged (192.20, 191.60 beat/min) at first.
The control group averaged (0.41%) rose and decreased (-0.52), but the swimming group's average was (-3.40) and continue decreased (-1.77) after three, six weeks.
6)The swimming group, as comparsed to the comparative group, showed a striking reduction in heart rate both during activity and at rest.
Synthesizing the above result it is found that not only was the scope of the swimming group's improvement of physical strength comparatively large, but also that they showed reduction in body fat. Further more, their normal and maximum heartbeat, either active or at rest wast reduced.
Finally, they both increased their athletic endurance and time till appearance of PWC170.