Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of resistance training on selected physical
fitness components of Erer Woldeya secondary school male students. To achieve the purpose of
the present study, 40 male students were selected as study subjects. The subjects were selected
purposively and were assigned into two equal experimental (20) and control (20) group through
randomly. The experimental group participated in individualized and supervise moderate
intensity resistance training program 3 days/week for 12 weeks. The control group did not
participated in training program but the tests were conducted for both groups. The ages of
subjects were ranged from 16-17 years. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS to determine
the difference, if any among the adjusted post test means on selected dependent variables
separately. In all the cases, 0.05 level of confidence was fixed to test the level of significance.
The results showed that experimental groups were better performance on selected physical
fitness components of Erer woldeya secondary school male students. The parameters selected
for the study were: physical fitness (muscular strength, muscular endurance, and body
composition) and Data were analyzed by using SPSS. The result of the study found that,
muscular strength (9), muscular endurance (10.55), showed significant improvement of mean
difference at (p<0.05). RM tests were analyzed by paired sample T-test and it was found that,
push up test and sit up improved by mean difference of 53.25% and 36.37% respectively. Body
composition did not show substantial alteration in statistically significant difference. However,
an improvement of 7.1% was registered. There was no substantial significant improvement
observed in control group. This study proved that resistance training program significantly
improved selected variables.
