AbstractsEducation Research & Administration

Comparative Effects of Two Physical Conditioning Programs and Evaluation of Instruments for Measuring Physical Fitness

by John Ray Montgomery




Institution: North Texas State University
Department:
Year: 1971
Keywords: physical education; physical conditioning; Physical education and training.; Physical fitness.
Record ID: 1487873
Full text PDF: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc164488/


Abstract

The problem of this study was to determine the effects of (1) a conditioning program designed to develop cardiovascular-respiratory efficiency and (2) a conditioning program designed to develop strength and agility on the improvement of parameters of physical fitness as measured "by the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test, basal heart rate, and physical work capacity determined by a progressive work test on the bicycle ergometer.