ASSESSMENT OF MUSCULAR STRENGTH OF THE STUDENTS OF AMINU KANO COLLEGE OF ISLAMIC AND LEGAL STUDIES, KANO STATE

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ABSTRACT This study assessed the muscular strength of students of Aminu Kano College of Islamic and Legal Studies. To achieve the purpose of the study, two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive design of survey type was adopted for the study. The population for this study was 12, 072 students and a sample of 380 students of Aminu Kano College of Islamic and Legal Studies Kano were drawn through a multi-staged sampling procedure. Simple frequency counts and percentages were used to organize and describe the demographic characteristics of the respondents. Inferential statistics of chi-square was used to test hypothesis one and independent t-test was used to determine the difference between the male and female students in hypothesis two. The results of the study revealed that students of Aminu Kano College of Islamic and Legal Studies have significant muscular strength (χ² = 48.6, p < 0.05). Also, male students of Aminu Kano College of Islamic and Legal Studies do not significantly differ (tcal = 0.587, p > 0.05) from their female counterparts in their muscular strength. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended among others that students of Aminu Kano College of Islamic and Legal Studies should be encouraged as much as possible to further develop their physical fitness through daily physical activities because doing so will develop their physical fitness as well as free them from diseases, such as back pains, leg pains and hypertension.

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