Prescriptive exercises on arm strength and endurance among x university high school students Prescriptive exercises on arm strength and endurance among x university high school students

Abstract

The main goal of this study is to ascertain how prescribed exercises affect the arm strength and endurance of X University High School students. In this study, two fitness groups participate in a randomized pre- and post-test experimental group design using a quasi-experimental methodology. According to the study, mesomorphic and normal-weight respondents make up the majority of the sample, whereas endomorphic and obese respondents are the least common. Following the prescribed activities, participants in the first year show a Marginal Fitness Zone, those in the second year and fourth year a Good to High-Performance Zone, and those in the third year a High-Performance Zone. In the total arm fitness category, there is no significant difference between the first-year, third-year, fourth-year, and second-year male respondents who perform the prescribed exercises and the second-year female respondents who show a significant difference. Additionally, the study demonstrates that the push-up exercise group, regardless of gender, exhibits greater improvement than the prescription barbell exercise group, indicating that push-up exercises are a more efficient means of building arm strength and endurance than barbell exercises. The body mass index and pre-existing individual differences cause significant variations in the overall arm fitness of the respondents which means that the higher the pre-existing individual difference, the improvement becomes lower as very apparent in all groups of respondents.