Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference Improvement Via Tabata Workout: A 10-Week Repetition Program

Abstract

Published scholarly works have accentuated the effectiveness of the TABATA workout for college students. However, no studies were conducted on college students in the context of higher education institutions in the Philippines. Ergo, this study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the TABATA workout for college students. Lastly, it aimed to investigate if such a method may help to improve participants’ Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference. This investigation employed an experimental approach to assessing the effectiveness of TABATA training for college students. Moreover, students underwent a 10-week-long workout in repetition. The first part is focused on collecting participants’ demographic characteristics such as sex, age, BMI (pre- and post-test), and WC (pre- and post-test). In the second part, the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire was used. Paired samples t-test was also used to determine the significant variance after 10-weeks based on participants’ BMI and WC scores After the 10-week exercise performed by the participants in general, it was found that there is a reduction and improvement on participants’ BMI. Additionally, an improvement in participants’ WC. However, based on sex, no significant variance in males’ BMI. Fascinatingly, an improvement was observed in the WC of both sexes. Based on the findings, participating in the TABATA program is effective and may partially improve students’ BMI and enhance WC. This study did not take into account other factors which may also affect the result of this study. Therefore, comparable experiments may be conducted while taking into account other variables aforementioned to this study’s limitation.