Effect of an 8-Week Circuit Training Programme on Physical Fitness Parameters of Academic Staff of Bayelsa Medical University, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorFreedom Festus OGBARA
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-29T14:26:57Z
dc.date.available2025-09-29T14:26:57Z
dc.date.issued2024-12
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the effect of an 8-week circuit training programme on physical fitness parameters of academic staff of Bayelsa Medical University (BMU), Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The study utilised a self-developed structured programme known as the Ogbara Freedom Festus Circuit Training programme. The effective-reflective theory of physical inactivity and exercise and self-determination theories, a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design with a 2×2×4 factorial matrix, were used in this study. The population consisted of all academic staff at Bayelsa Medical University. Forty (40) academic staff members of BMU were purposively selected and randomly assigned into two groups: control and experimental. The instruments used for data collection included a blood pressure and heart rate monitor, a non- elastic measuring tape, a pulse oximetre and stop stopwatch. The parameters of interest were muscle strength, flexibility, heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, and body composition. Data were analysed using descriptive analysis and analyses of covariance (ANCOVA). The results revealed that there was a significant main effect of treatment (8-week circuit training) on muscle strength (F(1,37)=48.84, p<0.05, η 2=0.57), flexibility (F(1,37)=45.83, p<0.05, η 2=0.55), heart rate (F(1,37)=36.93, p<0.05, η 2=0.50), respiratory rate (F(1,37)=147.78, p<0.05, η 2=0.80), oxygen saturation (F(1,37)=8.09, p<0.05, η 2=0.18) and body composition (F(1,37)=14.40, p<0.05, η 2=0.28). In addition, there was no significant main effect of sex on muscle strength (F(1,35)=1.56, p>0.05, η 2=0.04), flexibility (F(1,35)=0.35, p>0.05, η 2=0.01), heart rate (F(1,35)=0.01, p>0.05, η 2=0.00), respiratory rate (F(1,35)=1.40, p>0.05, η 2=0.04), oxygen saturation (F(1,35)=2.92, p>0.05, η2=0.08), and body composition (F(1,35)=0.08, p>0.05, η2=0.00). There was no significant main effect of age on muscle strength (F(3,31)=1.94, p>0.05, η 2=0.16), heart rate (F(3,31)=0.61, p>0.05, η 2=0.06), respiratory rate (F(3,31)=1.00, p>0.05, η 2=0.09), oxygen saturation (F(3,31)=0.40, p>0.05, η2=0.04), and body composition (F(3,31)=1.09, p>0.05, η 2=0.10). However, there was a significant main effect of age on flexibility (F(3,31)=4.14, p˂0.05, η 2=0.29). Future research accounting for nutritional consumption and daily energy expenditure is recommended. Keywords: Physical Fitness Parameters, Circuit Training, Academic Staff, Muscle Strength, Flexibility, Heart Rate, Respiratory Rate, Oxygen Saturation, Body Composition. Word Count: 298
dc.identifier.citationKate Turabia
dc.identifier.otherM.ED
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.lcu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1109
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherLead City University, Ibadan
dc.relation.ispartofseriesM.ED
dc.subjectPhysical Fitness Parameters
dc.subjectCircuit Training
dc.subjectAcademic Staff
dc.subjectMuscle Strength
dc.subjectFlexibility
dc.subjectHeart Rate
dc.subjectRespiratory Rate
dc.subjectOxygen Saturation
dc.subjectBody Composition.
dc.titleEffect of an 8-Week Circuit Training Programme on Physical Fitness Parameters of Academic Staff of Bayelsa Medical University, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
dc.typeThesis

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