Upper Limb Fitness Testing in Gymnasium Going People
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37506/ijpot.v14i1.3258Keywords:
Strength, Endurance, Flexibility, Upper limb injuryAbstract
Introduction – Fitness is important for all. To reduce the incidence of injuries in the gymnasium going
people, especially in weight lifters, proper training should be given. For giving proper training, proper
musculoskeletal assessment is required. This study is an effort to access various components of fitness in
young gym going people.
Methodology & Results – 50 gymnasium going males with minimum 3 months of gymnasium training
and age 18-24 years participated in present observational study.Upper limb muscular strength and muscular
endurance were recorded using bench press and push up test. Also for flexibility grading, shoulder wrist
elevation test was done.
For upper limb maximum participants have shown good muscular strength and above average muscular
endurance though flexibility was found average only.
Conclusion - The general muscular fitness was seen in the average category in young gym going people.
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Copyright (c) 2020 Amita Aggarwal1 , Benji Abraham2 , Tushar J. Palekar3
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