Effects of Gymnastic Methods and Flexibility on Reducing Body Fat of Arimbi Gymnastics Studio Members in Semarang

Abstract

Fats are a group of organic bonds consisting of elements Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H) and Oxygen (O2), which have soluble properties in certain solvents (fat solvents) such as petroleum benzene, ether. Flexibility is the effectiveness of a person in adjusting himself to do all the activities of the body with stretching as broad as possible especially the muscles, and ligaments around the joints. Research objectives: 1) Determine the effect of Pilates gymnastics and Zumba gymnastics methods on reducing body fat of Arimbi gymnastics members 2) Knowing the effect of reducing body fat between high flexibility and low flexibility of Arimbi gymnastics members. 3) Determine the effect of the interaction between gymnastic methods and flexibility on reducing body fat of Arimbi gymnastics studio members. The method used in this study was an experimental method with a 2 x 2 factorial design. The population in this study was members of Arimbi gymnastics studios totaling 50 people. Sample consists of 40 people. The study was conducted by the experimental method. Based on the calculated Q count data is greater than Q table (Q count> Q table) at a significant level α = 0.05 so that the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected, and the alternative hypothesis is accepted (H1), that members with high flexibility are trained by the Zumba gymnastics method (= 5.51 and s = 0.11) higher than Pilates Gymnastics (= 5.22 and s = 0.18).