Study on the effects of short-term resistance training on bodycomposition, strength, power and aerobic performance of football players

Football is popular sports world wide. Body composition play significant role on the performance of the football players. Playing football required high physical demand including strength, power, speed, agility. Resistance Training (RT) may improve these variables among the football player when given accordingly to the principle of periodization. Objectives: The present study was designed to investigate the effects of RT on body composition, strength, power and speed of football players. Methods: A total of 60 male volunteers (age- 18±1 yrs) included in this study, were divided into i) Control Group (CG, n=30) and ii) Football Players Group (FPG, n=30). The volunteers of CG were performed sedentary activities, whereas volunteers of FPG were engaged in competitive football for last two years. The volunteers of FPG followed a periodized resistance training schedule- 2 session/wk, for 6 wks (65- 75% of 1-RM, 10 exercises in each session). Other football specific training like- Continuous training, Interval training, Training of Power, Training of Speed, Training of Flexibility, Training for Skill and Match practice was continued in remaining days for 4 hours/day, 4 days/ week. whereas no training was followed for CG. Assessment of body composition, strength, power, speed, agility and VO2max were performed at the beginning (0 week) and end of the study (6 weeks). Paired sample t-test was performed to find out the differences in body composition, strength, power, speed and agility between groups.

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