A comparative study of the contributions made to physical fitness by the addition of planned isometric or isotonic exercise at the beginning of each class period of a regular program of physical education activity of forty-two women students during the fall semester of the 1964-1965 academic year at Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville, Texas

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1965

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The primary purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of planned isometric or isotonic exercises at the beginning of each class period to physical fitness. A secondary purpose was to determine whether physical fitness was retained after cessation of the planned isometric or isotonic program and to what degree. The specific purposes of the study were as follows. 1.) Determine the degree of competency in each of the seven areas of physical fitness as measured by the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test, 35 of 42 students enrolled in two Archery/ Track and field classes prior to participation in a planned isometric or isotonic exercise regime at the beginning of each class period. 2.) Determine the degree of competency in the seven areas of physical fitness as measured by the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test, of the forty-two subjects after six weeks of planned isometric or isotonic exercised at the beginning of each class period. 3.) Determine the degree of competency in the seven areas of physical fitness as measured by the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test, of the forty-two subjects six weeks after discontinuation of the planned exercise program. 4.) Determine the number of units of elementary through secondary school physical education.

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Physical education for women., Isometric exercise., Exercise.

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