PENGARUH LATIHAN PERNAFASAN SISTEM MERPATI PUTIH TERHADAP PENINGKATAN VO2 MAK. PESILAT

Abstract

This research aims at demonstrating the effects of Merpati Putih breathing system towards the increase of fighters’ VO2 max. This is an experimental study using The One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design. The populations involved in this study were the fighters of STTNAS Students’ Activity Unit, while the samples were 20 male and female students taken randomly. The data were collected through the test technique. The research instruments used to measure fighters’ I VO2 max were Multi Stage reverse run tests. The data were analyzed using Pearson’s product moment correlation to test its reliability. In addition, to test the hypothesis, the researcher used T-test and to accept or reject the hypothesis, the researcher used the significance level of 5%. The results showed that the reliability test on the Multi Stage run test resulted in correlation coefficient of r = 0.80 which inferred that the test was reliable. The T-test on Multi Stage run test (VO2 Max) of the fighters resulted in the mean value of 33.089 for the first test and 35.038 on the second test with p: 0.017. It inferred that there were significant differences in the increase of VO2 max between the fighters who had not had experience the breathing system and those who had. Keywords: Merpati Putih Breathin