EFFECT OF DYNAMIC WALKING WITH LOAD, STATIC WALKING WITH LOAD ON MUSCULAR STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY OF ADOLESCENT BOYS

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The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of two types of activities of dynamic walking with load, Static walking with load on muscular strength and flexibility of adolescent boys. Forty five (N=45) were selected from Bangalore urban schools at random. The selected subjects were ranged between 14 and 17 years. The selected subjects were randomly divided into three equal groups consisting of fifteen subjects in each group. Static walking with Load Group was assigned as Experimental Group – I (SWLG), Dynamic Walking with Load Group was assigned as Experimental group II (DWLG), and group-III without any intention was assigned as Control Group (CG).The following variable namely muscular strength and flexibility was selected as criterion variable. The collected data were analyzed statistically through analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to fund out the significant difference, if any among the groups. Whenever they obtained “F” ratio was found to be significant, the Scheffe’s test was applied as post hoc test to find out the paired mean difference, if any. The 0.5 level of confidence was fixed to test the level of significance which was considered as an appropriate. It was concluded that static walking with load group, dynamic walking with load group, significantly improved the muscular strength and flexibility after the training.