Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-4-2018
Publication Title
Journal of American College of Health
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Keywords
Football, Managers, Division I, Physical Activity, Step Measurement
Abstract
Objective: Student football managers have demands on their time that may pose barriers Received 5 April 2018 to meeting recommended current physical activity (PA) guidelines. The study sought to assess the amount of PA obtained by student football managers at a NCAA Division I Football university. Participants: Subjects were student football managers (n¼14) with data collected in the fall 2015. Methods: Participants wore an Omron HJ-720ITFFP pedometer for seven consecutive days during football activities only, while self-reporting their overall PA on day 7. Measures were analyzed using repeated measures and mixed-design Athletics; epidemiology; ANOVAs. Results: Managers averaged 8474 steps/day for each practice/game. All PA health education; measures significantly varied by day and manager experience. Overall PA equated to physical activity 78 hours of walking. Conclusions: Student football managers easily met and surpassed the recommended aerobic health-enhancing PA guideline. While their manager-related PA was 140 minutes per week, other PA allowed them to easily reach significantly healthy levels of PA.
First Page
647
Last Page
653
Volume
67
Repository Citation
Fitzhugh, Eugene C.; Hardin, Robin; Boyer, William; Post, Emily M.; and Behnke, Zach, "Health-enhancing Physical Activity During Practice Among Student Football Managers at a Division I University" (2018). Health and Sport Sciences Faculty Scholarship. 45.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/hsports_fac/45
Original Citation
Eugene C. Fitzhugh, Robin Hardin, William Boyer, Emily Post & Zach Behnke (2019) Health-enhancing physical activity during practice among student football managers at a Division I university, Journal of American College Health, 67:7, 647-653, DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2018.149965
DOI
10.1080/07448481.2018.1499656
Peer Reviewed
1
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