Impact of core muscle training and submaximal aerobic training on biomotor abilities in college men

Abstract

Research has shown that engaging in core training and submaximal aerobic training are an effective means to improve the markers of motor fitness in college men. The drive of this investigation was to  study the impact of core muscle training and submaximal aerobic training over lower back and hamstring flexibility, abdominal muscle strength and cardio respiratory endurance in college students. Forty five untrained male college students were arbitrarily allocated to core muscle training (CMT) (n=15), submaximal aerobic training (SAT) (n=15) and control group (CG) (15) and their age varied from 18 to 23 years. Each group executed their training for twelve weeks at three days a week. Before and after 12 weeks of intervention, LBHF, AMS and CRE were assessed. The ANOVA was used to examine pre and post training data among three groups. The outcomes showed that both the core muscle training and the submaximal aerobic training meaningfully (p = 0.00) enhanced over LBHF, denoted by the sit and reach distance, AMS characterized by the number of sit-ups and CRE signified by 12 min test once related to CG. Core muscle training produced better improvement over LBHF, AS and CRE than submaximal aerobic training.