Effects of Regular Physical Activity Habits on Health-Rela ted Physical Fitness and Cardiovascular Health Factors of Early-Adult College Students

Physical activity differs from repeated labor in that it promotes health while using all the muscle s of the human body. Practicing physical activities that you can easily practice in your daily life, such as swimmi ng, running, climbing, fitness, walking, biking, jumping rope, yoga, and stretching, can have health-boosting effe cts. In the process of human development, the 20s are the peak period physically and mentally, so the importanc e of health tends to be underestimated, and lifestyle habits that are helpful to health tend to be the lowest. The ai m of this study was to investigate changes in health-related physical factors and cardiovascular functional indic ators after early adult college students regularly participated in physical activity. The physical activity group co nsisted of 132 people who regularly participated in physical activity for more than 30 minutes a day, 2-3 days a week, for more than 6 weeks, and the non-exercise group consisted of 115 people who did not participate in regu lar physical activity. The subjects were measured and compared for health-related physical fitness factors (%fat , muscle strength, muscular endurance, cardiopulmonary endurance, balance) and cardiovascular function indi ces (thigh circumference, rate pressure product, pulse vascular elasticity). In the regular physical activity group , % fat, muscle strength, muscular endurance, maximal oxygen consumption, balance, thigh circumference, rate pressure product, and vascular elasticity each showed significant positive values. There were also significant co rrelations between thigh circumference and health-related indicators, thigh circumference, and cardiovascular f unction indicators, respectively. In this context, it is very important to encourage college students to practice he althy living and help them develop healthy lifestyle habits.