The Effect of Physical Activity Levels on Health-Related Physical Fitness of University Students

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to clarify the effects of physical activity on physical fitness. The study was conducted undercomparative study design. The participants of the study were 322 sophomore students (92 male students, 230 female students, 23.5 years old). Physical fitness was measured by Fitnessgram (PACER, Push-Up, Curl-Up, Sit and Reach) as well as body fat percentage by skinfold caliper and Body Mass Index by height. The data related tostudents' physical activity were collected by distributing the Short-Form of International Physical Activity Questionnaire containing questions about students' vigorous activity, moderate activity, walking activity, and sitting time in the last 7 days. The data of participants were categorized into high level, moderate level, and low level of physical activity. The results show that there are significant differences on Curl-Up, Push-Up, and Flexibility scores of the students from the three different levels of physical activity. Students with higher physical activity level gain higher scores on the test. There are no significant differences in Vo2max, BMI, and Body fat percentage. Students with high level physical activity has a better muscle strength and endurance and better flexibility but need to exercise to get better cardiorespiratory fitness.

Development of smartphone application for personalized physical fitness education for university students in COVID-19 pandemic era

“…Data in physical activity questionnaires, knowledge of fitness, and student demographic data were collected. Methods, procedures and results have been published elsewhere Sultoni et al, 2019). Based on the results of the analysis carried out in the first stage, it was found that an Android-based application to measure student fitness must have the…”