Impact of Running Exercise Duration on Leg Muscle Strength among the people Joining Indorunners Bandung Community
Abstract: Indorunners Bandung
is a community for runners that has a routine exercise schedule for running
around the city of Bandung. Exercise, like running, if is conducted in an
accurate duration may improve physical fitness. One of the aspects of physical
fitness is leg muscles strength. Many people fail to fathom the importance of
exercise duration, so, they fail to get the benefit. The aim of this study was
to discover the impact of running exercise duration on leg muscles strength
among the people joining Indorunners Bandung community.
Methods: A comparative study was conducted to 41 people, 31 males and 10
females, of Indorunners Bandung community from September to November 2015. Each
participant filled a questionnaire about his/her personal data, and then was
grouped by his/her duration of exercise per week, which were 150 minutes/week,
150–299 minutes/week, and 300 minutes/week or more. The respondents were
measured for their leg muscles strength. The data collected were analyzed using
ANOVA test.
Results: There was significant difference of lower extremities muscle
strength both in men (p<0.001) and women (p=0.029). These results showed
that there was a difference in leg muscles strength among the people joining
Indorunners Bandung community with different exercise duration per week.
Conclusions: There is a difference in leg muscles strength among the
people joining Indorunners Bandung community with different exercise duration
per week.
Keywords: Exercise,
Indorunners, leg muscles strength, running
Author: Agaprita Eunike
Sirait, Yuni S. Pratiwi, Ginna Megawati
Journal Code: jpkedokterangg170061
