Gordana Furjan-Mandić

THE EFFECT OF AEROBICS ON THE INCREASE OF THE REPETITIVE STRENGTH AMONGST WOMEN

The most popular and most intended aerobic programmes contain a sub-programme of strength exercises which is directed at strengthening and shaping of pelvic muscles legs and waist, i.e. the „critical“ areas with women. The fact that 90% of middle aged women are attending such fitness program classes, gave the authors the inspiration for this research. The aim of this paper was to determine the changes of repetitive strength of female sample subjects. The experimental programme lasted for 20 weeks with 40 training sessions of aerobics classes, with an accent on the strength exercises twice a week per 60 minutes. 24 tests were used to value the repetitive strength endurance. The effects of the experimental programme have been tested by a t-test for dependent samples. The results show that the improvement occurred within the area of strength endurance from which can be concluded that aerobic programme with a sub-programme of strength exercises is good for improving strength endurance.