Vol. 1, Issue 10 (2012)

Author(s):
Dr. W Vinu

Abstract:
The purpose of the study is to find out the effects of circuit training and circuit weight training with and without protein supplementation on Thigh Girth Sixty (N=60) College Annamalai University, India were randomly selected as subjects. Subjects selected were randomly assigned into four groups of fifteen each (n=15). Group-I underwent Circuit Training with supplementation of protein, Group-II underwent Circuit Training without supplementation of protein, Group-III underwent Circuit weight training with supplementation of protein and Group-IV underwent Circuit weight training without supplementation of protein for duration of twelve weeks for three days a week. The data obtained from the experimental groups before and after the experimental period were statistically analyzed with dependent‘t’-test and Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Whenever the ‘F’ ratio for adjusted post-test means was found to be significant, the Scheffe’s test was applied as post-hoc test to determine the paired mean differences. The level of confidence was fixed at .05 level for all the cases. it is learnt that the dependent ‘t’ test values between the pre and post test means of Circuit Training with supplementation of protein (placebo), Circuit Training without supplementation of protein and that of between Circuit weight training with supplementation of protein (placebo) and Circuit weight training without supplementation of protein are 7.59, 6.03, 13.93 and 8.39 respectively. Since the obtained ‘t’-test value of experimental groups is greater than the table value 2.15 with df 14 at .05 level of confidence, it is concluded that Circuit Training with supplementation of protein (placebo), Circuit Training without supplementation of protein, Circuit weight training with supplementation of protein (placebo) and Circuit weight training without supplementation of protein have registered significant improvement in performance of Thigh girth.