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Direct linkEather, Narelle; Babic, Mark; Riley, Nicholas; Costigan, Sarah A.; Lubans, David R. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2023
Purpose: This systematic review aimed to identify studies evaluating the impact of high-intensity interval training when delivered in school and sports training. Methods: A systematic search of 10 databases (September 2019) identified 24 eligible studies (including children and/or adolescents 5-18 years and reporting cardiometabolic health and/or…
Descriptors: Training, Physical Fitness, Health Promotion, Children
Download full textKamuk, Yetkin Utku – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
Firefighting is arduous work and it requires a high level of physical fitness and readiness. The purpose of this study is to assess the physical fitness and readiness levels of the Turkish firefighters and investigate the effects of 12-week exercise on firefighters' fitness levels. The study was an experimental study in which 41 firefighters were…
Descriptors: Training, Program Effectiveness, Fire Protection, Physical Health
Yerbulovich, Ibragimov Asset; Bagdatovich, Doshybekov Aidyn; Uanbayev, Yerkin; Shekeevna,Tuyakbaeva Meruert; Iliasovich, Alshynbayev Kulalbek – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2022
The aim of this research is to reveal the boxers' views in order to determine the theoretical and methodological aspects of the development of the sense of distance in the technical training of the first proficiency boxers. This research was conducted with the phenomenology pattern, one of the qualitative research designs. Study data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletes, Training, Athletics
Bennie, Jason A.; Wiesner, Glen H.; Vergeer, Ineke; Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy L.; De Cocker, Katrien; Alexander, Chris; Biddle, Stuart J. H. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2018
Purpose: There is currently no standardized testing protocol for assessing clients' fitness/health within the Australian fitness industry. This study examined the perceptions of the feasibility of using a standardized testing protocol among Australian fitness industry professionals. Method: In 2014, 1,206 registered fitness industry professionals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Fitness, Physical Health, Evaluation Methods
Plowman, Sharon Ann – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2014
The purpose of this article is to bring attention to the 10 most pressing questions relevant to musculoskeletal physical fitness testing in children and adolescents. The goal is to stimulate research to answer these questions. The most pressing needs include establishing definitive links between valid, reliable, and feasible field test measures of…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Children, Adolescents, Evaluation Methods
Woodruff, Elizabeth A.; Sinelnikov, Oleg A. – European Physical Education Review, 2015
While many scholars agree that service learning is beneficial to both the student and the community, the research on service learning in the physical education setting is limited. However, there are courses that can be aligned with the professional preparation needs of students and the broader needs of the community. Drawing on theory which has…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Methods, Disabilities, Undergraduate Students
Seguin, Rebecca A.; Eldridge, Galen; Lynch, Wesley; Paul, Lynn C. – Journal of Extension, 2013
The effect of strength training on body image is understudied. The Strong Women Program, a 10-week, twice weekly strength-training program, was provided by Extension agents to 341 older rural women (62 ± 12 years); changes in body image and other psychosocial variables were evaluated. Paired-sample t-test analyses were conducted to assess mean…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Training, Females, Extension Education
Lynch, Kristie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The New York State Physical Education Learning Standards for K-12 students were transformed into a survey administered to a sample of teachers of physical education (N = 261), ascertaining their ratings of their knowledge, ability/skill, education/training, and attitudes on the importance of future professionals receiving training to teach…
Descriptors: Physical Education, State Standards, Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education
