The effect of jogging exercise to improve hemoglobin levels

Abstract

A low level of hemoglobin is one of the health and fitness issues often experienced by anyone including students. If a student experiences a disorder of Hemoglobin levels, his physical fitness will be affected. The study aims to examine the effect of jogging exercise to improve students' hemoglobin levels. A quasi-experiment method was employed in this study. The population of this study is a group of students of the Faculty of Sports Science, Universitas Negeri Padang. The samples of this study were 20 students obtanined by purposive sampling technique. The data of hemoglobin levels were measured by the cyanmethemoglobin method. Jogging exercises were carried out 18 times with a frequency of 3 times a week. The results of the study were analyzed statistically using a comparison test (t-test) at a significance level (α) of 5%. The results of this study indicated that the average of hemoglobin level of respondents before being treated was 14.18, while after being given treatment, it was 15.66. This means that there is a significant effect of jogging exercise on increasing students' haemoglobin level (Hb), with value of tobserved (3.80) > ttable (1.73).