The relationships among body composition, anaerobic performance and back strength characteristics of sub-elite athletes

Authors

  • Cem Sinan Aslan
  • Coşkun Büyükdere
  • Yusuf Köklü
  • Ali Özkan
  • Fatma Neşe Şahin Özdemir

Keywords:

Sub-elite athlete, body compositon, anaerobic performan, back strength

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship among age, height, body weight, body fat percentage, long jump (standing), vertical jump, 20 meter sprint, back strength, relative strength and anaerobic power characteristics of the 80 sub-elit male athletes who are students at a physical education and sports department and participate competitions.  

In this study, 80 male students at 22.17 ± 1.97 average age who have been doing exercises regularly, were participate as voluntary. Firstly, their age, height, body weight and skin fold values were determined. Body fat percentage was estimated by Zorba Formula. Anaerobic performance was determined via long jump (standing), vertical jump and 20 meter sprint. Relative strength was estimated with “back strength / body weight” formula. Then, the relationships among body composition, anaerobic performance and back strength characteristics of the participants were determined by Pearson correlation analysis. Analyses of collected data were used by SPSS for Windows (Ver. 10) and alpha level was set as 0.05 for statistical significance.

Correlation analysis’ results indicated that there were statically significant correlations among lots of physical and physiological parameters. In conclusion; it was determined that height, body weight, body fat percentage and back strength were played an explicit role on anaerobic performance of athletes.

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Author Biographies

Cem Sinan Aslan

Ankara University The School of Physical Education and Sports, Ankara, Turkey

Coşkun Büyükdere

Cumhuriyet University The School of Physical Education and Sports, Sivas, Turkey

Yusuf Köklü

Pamukkale University School of Sport Science and Technology, Denizli, Turkey

Ali Özkan

Başkent University Sport Sciences Department, Ankara, Turkey

Fatma Neşe Şahin Özdemir

Ankara University The School of Physical Education and Sports, Ankara, Turkey

Published

2011-05-21

How to Cite

Aslan, C. S., Büyükdere, C., Köklü, Y., Özkan, A., & Şahin Özdemir, F. N. (2011). The relationships among body composition, anaerobic performance and back strength characteristics of sub-elite athletes. Journal of Human Sciences, 8(1), 1612–1628. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/1590

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Physical Education and Sport Sciences