An Examination of an 8-Week Online Activity-Specific Skills Program to BMI of Local College Students

Volume 13, Issue 2 (2023)

An Examination of an 8-Week Online Activity-Specific Skills Program to BMI of Local College Students
Joseph Lobo, Kristia Estilo, Lou Margarett Parcon, Andrea Audine Bulquerin, Jackelyn Delos Santos, Mike Jhun Valencia, Joanna Marie Sabid, Frietzie Inayan, Edi Setiawan
Apstrakt: 

Requiring college students to participate in basic resistance training movement patterns and locomotor and
non-locomotor exercises has decreased and improved BMI. This study aimed to examine the eff ectiveness of the online
activity-specifi c skills program to college students’ BMI. This study has employed an experimental research design in which
the students undergo a series of activity-specifi c skills for eight consecutive weeks. Demographic characteristics such as
gender, BMI (pre- and post-test), and the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire are all included. Independent Sample
T-Test was utilized to determine the signifi cant diff erence based on the post-test scores of the participants concerning gender.
Lastly, the Paired samples T-test was executed to the signifi cant diff erence in the pre-and-test scores of the participants.
It was found that no signifi cant diff erence was observed in the pre-test scores of the participants; lastly, after performing
the Paired samples t-test, it was found that there was no signifi cant diff erence observed between the pre-and post-test
score of the participants after performing a series of activity-specifi c skills activities for eight weeks. Students’ body mass
indexes were not aff ected by the movement patterns taught in PE 1, which included locomotor, non-locomotor, and basic
resistance training. The results of this study may encourage teachers to reevaluate the effi cacy of the existing physical education
practices or to look for alternatives that have better potential to reduce students’ BMI. Since the study’s fi ndings are
inconclusive, more research with a larger sample size is required to establish the reliability of the claims presented herein.

Ključne riječi: 
basic resistance training movement patterns, college student, locomotor movements, non-locomotor movements, online setting, physical education
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