Assessment Of Aerobic Dance Exercise As Medicine On The Aerobic Capacity Of Overweight Young Girls In Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria

This study examined the effect of aerobic dance exercise as medicine on the aerobic capacity (VO max) of overweight young girls in Benue State University, Makurdi, using a 2 pretest-posttest control group, thirty-seven (37) participants were randomly assigned into either control group (n=19) or experimental group (n=18). The experimental group performed aerobic dance training three (3) times in a week for eight (8) weeks at moderate – high intensity levels while the control group did not take any form of training. VO max 2 was measured before and after the aerobic dance exercise using Cooper 12-minute run/walk test. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation to describe the physical characteristics of participants while the hypothesis was tested using student's independent t-test at significant level of 0.05,the data were analysed through statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) for windows version 25. The results of this study revealed that eight (8) weeks of aerobic dance had a significant increase(p = 0.001) on VO max of overweight young girls in Makurdi. 2 Nigeria. Based on the findings of this study, the researcher concluded that participation in eight (8) weeks of aerobic dance significantly improved the aerobic capacity of overweight young girls in Makurdi, Nigeria and recommended that, overweight girls should regularly engage in aerobic dance to increase their aerobic capacity.