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THE EFFECT OF 12 WEEKS WORKOUT ON PHYSICAL FITNESS OF THE STUDENTS
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The aim of this research is to determine the students physical fitness level by using Eurofit test battery. The research subjects are students (male) from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, in a number of 18. The research was conducted in sports facilities of the Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava including: sports games hall, gym, swimming pool and outdoor artificial ground. The applied tests to the subjects are from the Eurofit test battery. Descriptive statistics were calculated based on the collected data, while ANOVA and correlation were used. Through the program applied during the 12 weeks it is observed that not all fitness components have been improved in the same way. The statistical significance of 0.05 threshold at ANOVA test was obtained for the plate tapping and handgrip test. And concerning the correlation, in 7 cases it indicated a high and very high value, while in 3 cases the value was low, being similar to other previous studies. The limitations of the study are given by the number of participants, but open the way to make other such studies involving more subjects, to be conducted on a longer term and using a more diverse palette of meanings to determine the influence on the fitness components for young and students.
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