Enhancing Anaerobic Power through Resistance Training: A Study among Athletes

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of resistance training on anaerobic power among athletes. To achieve the purpose
of the present study, thirty athletes from Montfort school, Yercaud, Salem District, Tamilnadu were selected as subjects at random and their
ages ranged from 14 to 17 years. The subjects were divided into two equal groups at random. The subjects were divided into two equal groups
of fifteen subjects each. Group I acted as Experimental Group (Resistance training) and Group II acted as Control Group. The requirement of
the experiment procedures, testing as well as exercise schedule was explained to the subjects so as to get full co-operation of the effort required
on their part and prior to the administration of the study. Analysis of covariance was computed where the final means were adjusted for
differences in the initial means, and the adjusted means were tested for significance. The level of significance 0.05 was chosen and considered
as sufficient for the study. It was observed that the six weeks of experimental group have significantly improved the anaerobic power of athletes.