Efecto de un programa de acondicionamiento físico enfocado en estudiantes de bachillerato de la Unidad Educativa Miguel Díaz Cueva

Abstract

Low levels of physical activity and physical condition are a serious problem in adolescents today, since sedentary lifestyles are a basis for long-term health problems. Therefore, the general objective of the present study was to analyze the effect of a physical conditioning program focused on third year high school students of the “Unidad Educativa Miguel Díaz Cueva”, the study was a descriptive quasi-experimental study, the sample consisted of 62 students between 16-17 years of age, forming two groups, an intervention group consisting of 31 students, and a control group also consisting of 31 students, the intervention program consisted of a physical conditioning program applied during the physical education classes of the experimental group. Physical activity was measured with the short version of the IPAQ questionnaire, while physical fitness was measured with the EUROFIT battery. The data were tabulated with the IBM SPSS statistical program, obtaining the descriptive data for each of the variables in the pre- and post-test, as well as the existing comparison. The results show that there was a significant improvement in the physical condition of the students, so it is concluded that a program of this type applied during physical education classes is quite effective in improving the physical condition levels of high school students