抄録
The present study was designed to test the training effect on general endurance of females with respect to endurance running time on the treadmill with a 8.6% slope. The treadmill exercise was used for both training and testing of endurance capacity. Four female subjects aged 19 were engaged in a 10-week training program which consisted of 5 minutes treadmill running once every other day. Five females served as a control subjects. Before and after the training period, the running time was tested at three different speeds for all subjects. Based on the test exercise before training, the training speed was determined so that the subject could run for 5 minutes before all-out. It was found to be 122.5m/min. in average. In the training group, the endurance time at the training speed prolonged with statistical significance from 5 minutes and 27 seconds to 11 minutes and 28 seconds (209.9% of pre-training) in average, while in control group little increase was found in endurance running time. A linear relationship was found between endurance running time in logarithmic scale and the running speeds in arithmetical scale for both tests before and after training. The training group showed a remarkable improvement in running time at any test speed. Thus, it was concluded that 5 minute-exhaustive running should be an effective load to improve endurance capacity for females.
