The effect of banana on muscular endurance performance among sports science students / Muhamad Azammuddin Mat Sallih

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of banana on muscular endurance performance among sports science students. A total of 15 subjects (N = 15) from 19 years old to 22 years old (M = 20.93, SD = 0.884) were chosen via simple random sampling. This study was using one group pre and post experimental design with solid banana as study treatment. 1-minute push-up test have been conducted to measure the effect of banana on muscular endurance performance among sports science students. Subjects started to perform 1-minute push-up in the pre-test then subjects were consumed banana according to the subject's body weight. After 20 minutes consumed banana, subjects were performed another 1-minute push-up for the post test. The data for the pre and posttest were compared to evaluate the effect of banana on muscular endurance test. Using the paired sample t-test, the result showed the increment of push-up on the post-test compared to the pre-test. The study showed that there was a significant effect of banana towards muscular endurance (p = .000). As a conclusion, banana has an effect in enhance the muscular endurance performance.