EFFECTS OF AEROBIC TRAINING ON TARGETED HEART RATE ZONE

Abstract

Reduced targeted heart rate zone is an indication of fitness of an athlete and
Reduced targeted heart rate zone is an indication of fitness of an individual
and the main purpose of the current study was to investigate the “effects of
aerobic training on targeted heart rate zone among college students”. The
study was experimental in nature. The population of the study comprised of all
those students (male) who were boarding in hostel with age range 18-22 years
of Government Post Graduate College Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP),
Pakistan. The sample of fifty (n-50) healthy, sedentary, and volunteer subjects
for the study was determined through Physical Activity Readiness
Questionnaire (PAR-Q). Resting heart rate of each subject was taken by
digital heart rate monitor as pre-test. Targeted heart rate zone was calculated
through the formula [(220-age-RHR) x percentage of intensity+ RHR]. The
subjects were randomly divided into two equal groups each of 25 subjects. The
experimental group underwent aerobic training at moderate intensity (50% to
70% of the Maximum Heart Rate) for eight weeks while the control group
carried on their routine life activities. There were four training sessions per
week and each session comprised of 30 minutes besides warm up and warm
down. After eight weeks aerobic training, the post-test of resting heart rate of
each subject of both group was conducted as the procedure adopted for the prtest. The pre-test data and post-test date was analyzed with the help of SPSS
version 20 by applying the descriptive statistical sources mean, minimum,
maximum and standard deviation to show the difference between pre-test and
pos-test. The results of the study showed that there was descriptively decrease
in targeted heart rate zone of subjects of the experimental group while control
group showed no improvement. In light of the findings of the study, it is
concluded that aerobic exercises play important role in the reduction of
targeted heart rate zone and this quality paves the way to show good
performance in daily physical and sports activities.