Effects of Body Weight Training on Health Related Physical Fitness of Overweight Woman

Abstract

The objective of this study was to study effects of body weight training on health related physical fitness of overweight woman. The samples were women overweight 30 people, that were employed by the cluster random sampling technique. The materials in used research were weight training program is a resistance. For women who are overweight, they apply knowledge in sports science to design a training program and health fitness test for overweight women. The data analyzed statistics were used to describe statistics, data normality tested by Shapiro-Wilk test and pre-post experimental data compared by Paired Sample t-test. The research results were found that the pre-post Effects of Body Weight Training effect to the change of physical fitness with a body mass index before training 27.30 +1.44 after training 26.48 +1.38, body weight before training 69.6 +27.30 after training 67.49 +26 were improved and differ from significant (p<.05).