Pengaruh Aerobic Exercise Untuk Meningkatkan Upper Body Strength Pada Calon Jamaah Umrah

Background: The majority of Indonesian pilgrims are carried out by adults and elderly. Increasing a person's age will cause a decrease in the function of body cells that can result in decreased physical fitness one of which is muscle strength. Upper body muscle strength can affect functional activity. To achieve good muscular strength, aerobic exercise is needed. This study aims to determine the effect of aerobic exercise to increase upper body strength in prospective Umrah pilgrims. Research Method: uses a randomized one group pre-post test method, which is to find the difference between before and after given aerobic exercise for 3 weeks and measuring upper body strength using a curl up test. Sampling was obtained as many as 20 people from prospective pilgrims to KBIH Al-Ikhlas taken randomly according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data were processed and analyzed with the application of SPSS 24 software. Results: Analysis of the Wilcoxon test with the results of p = 0,000 which showed p <0.05 can be stated the influence of aerobic exercise on upper body strength in prospective Umrah pilgrims.