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Impact of COVID-19 on 1000 m Running and Pull-Up Performance among College Men Living in China

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  • Xiaolu Feng

    (Department of Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

  • Jun Qiu

    (Institute of Sports and Health, Huzhou University, Huzhou 313000, China)

  • Yangyang Wang

    (Department of Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

  • Xinyi Wen

    (Department of Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

  • Lili Bai

    (School of Sports Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China)

  • Hongjun Yu

    (Department of Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

Abstract

Background: This study aimed to estimate the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on fitness performance among Chinese college men during the pandemic period and to explore how fitness changed with a different college grade. Methods: We conducted repeated measures of 1000 m running and pull-up testing on students from one university in China before and after the lockdown. A total of 7107 (age 19.21 ± 1.17 yr.) male students who completed the same 1000 m running and pull-up testing in 2019 and 2020 were included in the analysis. Results: The paired t-test result indicates a reduction in 1000 m running and pull-up performance by 10.91% (95% CI = 0.89, 0.95) and 23.89% (95% CI = −0.36, −0.31), respectively. Interestingly, college men in the 2017 grade (the third-year college men) had more decreases than in the 2019 grade (the first-year college men). The 1000 m running performance was decreased by 14.43% and 6.48% in the third- and the first-year college men, respectively. The pull-up performance was decreased by 39.11 % in the third-year college men while increased by 10.98% in the first-year college men. Conclusions: The COVID-19 lockdown reduced 1000 m running and pull-up performances among Chinese college men. The reduction varies by grade and it seems to be particularly seriously decreased for the third-year college men while being modest for the first-year college men. Public policy was urgently needed to improve Chinese college men’s fitness performance after the lockdown.

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  • Xiaolu Feng & Jun Qiu & Yangyang Wang & Xinyi Wen & Lili Bai & Hongjun Yu, 2022. "Impact of COVID-19 on 1000 m Running and Pull-Up Performance among College Men Living in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(16), pages 1-9, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:16:p:9930-:d:885954
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