Application of push-ups and pull-ups to develop strength endurance of arm muscles in archery athletes

Background and purpose The lack of a training model in archery causes tremors which will have an impact on a lack of accuracy in archery, this study aims to provide a special training model for archery athletes. Materials and methods With a 2 x 2 factorial design and the population used was archery athletes with a population of 38 taken by purposive sampling with the criteria of being elite archery athletes, aged 16-18 years, then ranked 27% in the upper group and 27% in the lower group. Obtained a research sample of 20 athletes then, from each of these data were divided into two groups by way of ordinal pairing. After carrying out the pretest, the athletes carried out variations of push-up and pull-up exercises which were carried out for 18 meetings, and test instruments for endurance and arm muscle strength tests holding bow digits. Results (1) There is a significant difference in the effect of push-up and pull-up training methods on the arm muscle strength of archery athletes, with an F value of 7,738 and a significance value of p 0.027 <0.05. (2) There is a significant difference in the effect of athletes who have high and low muscle endurance on the arm muscle strength of archery athletes, as evidenced by the F value of 51.203 and a significance value of p 0.000 <0.05. (3) There is a significant interaction between push-up and pull-up training methods and muscle endurance (high and low) on the arm muscle strength of archery athletes, with an F value of 51.203 and a significance value of p 0.000 <0.05. Conclusions There is a significant interaction, namely push-up exercises are suitable for those who have high arm muscle endurance, while pull-up exercises are more suitable for athletes who have low arm muscle endurance.