Physical Fitness and Body Composition of Engineering College Students

The purpose of the study was to observe the physical fitness a nd body composition of engineering college students. Considered one of the six AAHPERD youth physical fitness test traits, it assesses both physical fitness and body composition. The study’s fifty (50) Engineering college students were chosen as its subjects. To conduct the study, the AAHPERD youth physical fitness test battery (i.e., 50-yard dash, sit up, pull up, standing broad jump, shuttle run, and 600-yard run/walk) and the skin fold method of Durnin & Womersley for body composition were taken as criterion measures. After collecting the data, descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were adopted, and the following conclusions were drawn: (i) the Engineering college students were found having more lean body mass; (ii) % of fat was found less in Engineering college students; (iii) significant medium negative relationship between pull up and body fat %; (iv) significant small positive relationship between 600-yard run and lean body mass.