Effect of Calisthenic Exercises on Shoulder Strength and Abdominal Endurance

The objective of this investigation was to discover the effect of 3 months calisthenics training program on selected physical fitness components i.e. shoulder strength and abdominal endurance among school girl students. To attain the aim of this study 60 girl students were taken from Tagore Public School, Kaithal district in Haryana the age group 14 to 17 years. The selected 60 students were separated into two equivalent groups consisting of 30 students each such as calisthenics experimental and control groups. The experimental group was given treatment of calisthenics training program for 3 months and control group was instructed not to perform any type of specific physical exercises during experimental period. The data of selected physical fitness variables i.e. shoulder strength and abdominal endurance of all 60 subjects was collected before startingand immediately after completion of calisthenics training program. To see the substantial improvements in pre and post-tests between control and experimental groups, ‘t’ test was applied. The statistical assessment of data shows noteworthy improvement in both selected physical fitness variables i.e. shoulder strength and abdominal endurance after the completion of three months calisthenics training program.