Investigation of the Effects of a 12 Week Recreation Exercise Programme on Hand Grip Strength, Back Strength, Leg Strength, Elasticity and Body Composition of Sedentary Female

The aim of this study was to investigate of the effects of 12-week recreative exercise programme on body weight, hand grip strength, back strength, leg strength, elasticity and body composition of female. A total of 67 females, 32 subjects and 35 controls, participated in the study voluntarily. The mean age of the subject group is 43.12 ± 11.17, the control group is 36.82 ± 9.82 years. The first measurements were made before the exercise program of the subject group and the second measurements were made on the end date of the exercise program. Body weight, hand grip strength, back strength, leg strength, elasticity, push-ups, sit-ups and body fat measurements were measured depending on the exercise program of the subject group female and control group females. The obtained data were used t-test, with p<0.05 significance level, on SPSS programme to determine differences with subject group and control group. While the test results such as the body weight, hand grip strength, back strength, leg strength, elasticity, push-up, sit-ups and calf fat, were not obtained to be statistically significant between the subject and control group females (p> 0.05), the differences between the body fat measurement values of the females in the subject group were obtain to be statistically significant (p <0.05). After the 12-week recreational exercise program, there exist differences emerged in the participants in terms of physical, physiological and anthrepometric characteristics, depending on the exercise program applied as a result of the measurements taken from the subject group females before and after the exercise. Consequently, it was observed that the recreational exercise program improved the physiological and anthropometric characteristics of the subject group females.