IMPACT OF SUSPENSION TRAINING ON PHYSICAL FITNESS VARIABLES OF SCHOOL BOYS

Suspension Training has a place in practically every type of training program. It can be used to develop core strength, mobility, joint strength and integrity, and basic and foundational strength, as well as to target specific strength goals. It can serve as a stand-alone training program or be used with another training program. Whatever the goals, suspension training can help an individual achieve success and improve training outcomes. This study was designed to impact of suspension training on physical fitness variables of school boys. To achieve the purpose of the study 30 school boys were selected from Government Higher Secondary School, Anthiyur. Their age ranged between 15 and 16 years and they were divided into two equal groups consists of 15 each. Group I underwent the suspension training and Group II acted as control group. The training was given to the group I for 3 days per week for the period of 12 weeks. The group II was not given any sort of training except their routine work. The data were collected from the subjects was statistically analyzed with dependent ‘t’ test to find out significant improvement if any at 0.05 level of confidence. The results speculated that the abdominal strength and cardio vascular endurance of school boys improved significantly due to the suspension training with the limitations