Strength training effect on muscular strength, muscular endurance and body composition of physically inactive students

The aim: to determine if strength group trainings have an effect on muscular strength, muscular endurance and body composition for physical inactive students. Objectives: 1. To examine muscular strength, muscular endurance of physically inactive students before groups trainings. 2. To examine muscular strength, muscular endurance of physically inactive students after groups trainings. 3. To determine if group trainings have an effect on physically inactive students muscular strength, muscular endurance, and if trainings has an effect for physical fitness. Methods: To evaluate the efficiency of group trainings for body composition, BMI, waist and hip volume ratio was used. To assess muscular strength and muscular endurance was used curl-up (Thompson et al, 2013), squat and stand up (Muliarčikas ir kt., 2007), push-up (Deborah et al., 2017) tests were used. We used 20 metres running shooter test to measure on aerobic endurance (Volbekienė, 2003). Conclusions: 1.Examination which was taken before group trainings showed that female arms and chest muscular strength and endurance complied with evaluation „not bad“ , male with an „excellent“; abdomen muscles for both groups, female and male evaluation complied with „good“; legs muscle strength and endurance evaluation in female group was „unsatisfied“, in male group it was „good“. 2. Examination taken after our research showed that arms and chest muscular strength and endurance increased for bot groups, female and male, however evaluation remains the same, respectively „not bad“ and „excellent“. Evaluation for abdomen muscles has increased and is „good“ for females and „very good“ for males. Legs muscular strength and endurance also increased for both groups and evaluation is respectively „sufficiently“ and very „very good“. 3.After the analyses of the students before and after intervention, we received results that indicate group strength training had an impact on the muscular strength and endurance of the students. In the group of female, the mean of aerobic endurance increased by 1,21±0,43 and in male 1±0,58 levels. The results show that group strength trainings had an impact on the physical fitness for physically inactive students, results were statistically significant (p