Effects of 6 Week Tabata Training on Body Fat Percentage, Cardiovascular Endurance and Muscular Endurance Among Active College Students

The aim for this study was to determine the effect of tabata training programme on muscular endurance, body fat percentage and cardiovascular endurance in active individual college students. A total of 19 students took part in this study and were divided intro control group (n= 10) and experimental group (n= 9) using systematic counter balancing method and fish bowl method. Experimental group went through 6 weeks of tabata training and control group have no intervention but is able to participate in their daily sport activities. Prior to training, both groups undergoes pre-test which consist of inbody test for fat percentage, 30 s sit up test & repetitive squat test for muscular endurance test and bleep test for cardiovascular endurance test. These test were also sued to determine the post-test after 6 weeks. Data analysis showed that there were significant improvement on muscular endurance (p= 0.01 on 30 s sit up test & p= 0.00 on repetitive squat test). However in the control group shows significance difference as well on the bleep test (p= 0.49) and repetitive squat test (p=0.14). The study concluded that tabata training is effective on improving the cardiovascular endurance and muscular endurance in active college male students.