Peningkatan Kebugaran Jasmani Melalui Latihan Cross Country Mahasiswa UKM Karate Dimasa Pandemi Covid 19

Abstract

This research was motivated by the low level of physical fitness of students during the covid 19 pandemic. The purpose of the study was to increase the degree of physical fitness of Karate UKM students by implementing crosss-country exercises. The method used is an experiment with a one group pretest-posttest design. The research sample was the students of UKM Karate STKIP Muhammadiyah Kuningan, amounting to 36 people, 20 men and 16 women. The instrument for measuring physical fitness uses a 2.4 Km running test. The results of the pretest and posttest results of physical fitness students of UKM Karate STKIP Muhammadiyah Kuningan obtained an average pretest score of 16.58, the highest score was 19, the lowest score was 15, and the standard deviation was 0.97. The posttest mean score is 18.19, the highest score is 20, the lowest score is 16, and the standard deviation is 1.06. The average level of physical fitness of male students, the results of the pretest were 50 sufficient categories, and the posttest results were 53.8 in the good category. Meanwhile, the average level of physical fitness of female students in the pretest was 39.1 in the sufficient category, and the posttest results in 43.5 in the good category. The results ofthe paired sample test show that the value of sig. (2-tailed) of 0.00 < 0.05, there is a significant difference between the results of the level of physical fitness in the pretest and posttest data, so that the application of crosss-country training programs contributes to improving the physical fitness of students of Karate UKM STKIP Muhammadiyah Kuningan.

Keywords

• croos country
• karate
• physical fitness
• student activity unit