Physical Activity Management in Female College Students: The Improvement of Health Related Fitness Through Zumba Fitness Workout

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200214.050How to use a DOI?

Keywords

physical activity, zumba fitness, health-related fitness, skill-related fitness, students, female

Abstract

The lack of physical activity is a major cause of health problems and even leads to death; around 3.2 million deaths each year are caused by inadequate physical activity. The global comparative estimation from 2010 showed that 23% of adults and 81% of adolescents (aged 11-17 years) do not meet WHO recommendations for physical activity to improve health. The lack of physical activity in adults is found to be the highest in eastern Mediterranean, American, European, and western Pacific countries, while Southeast Asia is the lowest. This study was aimed at examining the effect of Zumba fitness Workout to improve Health Related Fitness (HRF) on female students. The method used was Quasi Experiment with pretest-posttest control group design. The sample of this research were 30 female students of Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. The intervention was in form of physical activity through Zumba Fitness Workout that was conducted regularly 16 times with a frequency of 3 times / week and duration of 60 minutes. The instruments used were Fitness gram, Shuttle run Test, Stork Stand Test, Soft ball throw, Nelson hand reaction time, vertical jump, and dash test. Data Analysis used were paired sample t-test and descriptive frequencies analysis. The result shows that Zumba Fitness Workout can improve the Students Health Related Fitness (HRF).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nur Indri Rahayu
AU  - Imas Damayanti
AU  - Yati Ruhayati
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/19
TI  - Physical Activity Management in Female College Students: The Improvement of Health Related Fitness Through Zumba Fitness Workout
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sport Science, Health, and Physical Education (ICSSHPE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 189
EP  - 191
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200214.050
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200214.050
ID  - Rahayu2020
ER  -