Document Type
Honors Thesis
Abstract
The purpose of this research study was to investigate the relationship between body composition and fitness parameters. Seven recreationally active males, age: 20.7 ± (1.1) years, height: 183.6 ± (9.2) cm, weight: 79.2 ± (9.9) kg, volunteered for this study. Body composition, aerobic and anaerobic measurements were taken and analyzed using correlational statistics. Results indicated strong inverse correlations between body fat percentage and peak power (-0.836) and body fat percentage and mean power (-0.841). There was a weak correlation between body fat percentage and total work (0.390). Overall, the lower the body fat percentage, the more muscle mass is available to produce power yielding a high correlation. There was a weak correlation (0.413) between total mass and absolute oxygen consumption. Results are supported from the literature and are good indicators of health in college-aged males.
Publication Date
12-1-2018
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Agostino, Rachel, "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY COMPOSITION AND FITNESS PARAMETERS" (2018). 2018 Fall Honors Capstone Projects. 3.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/honors_fall2018/3