Author(s): CHUANG, Y.T., YANG, P.C., CHIU, Y.H., CHUANG, P.H., CHEN, I.T. , Institution: KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, Country: TAIWAN, Abstract-ID: 1508

INTRODUCTION:
In recent years, college students do not have enough time for exercise after class on Taiwan, resulting in a downward trend in physical fitness levels. Currently, there is no objective record and evaluation method for the analysis of voluntary exercise performance on college students, and finding an exercise method that can improve physical fitness is an important issue. This study used wearable devices to collect data of voluntary exercise on college students, factor analysis was employed to extract a limited number of indexes factors from the parameters to analyze and identify objective exercise performance factors for college students. The developed indexes will be applied to a new voluntary exercise performance factor for voluntary exercise and physical education in physical fitness assessment.
METHODS:
The 33 college students who completed the "100 Days and 100 Kilometers" running or brisk walking of exercise implementation plan; with pre and post running test, and voluntary running group activities once every week; the total 824 exercise data were selected for analysis; factor analysis was employed to extract a limited number of factors from the parameters to analyze and identify objective exercise performance factors.
RESULTS:
1. The The endurance fitness has improved on male and female college students who completed the "100 Days and 100 K" goal; 2. The "new voluntary exercise performance factors" extracted through factor analysis namely "exercise volume capacity", "exercise speed capability" and "exercise intensity", and based on this, a "sports performance radar chart" is constructed which can provide comprehensive performance evaluation; 3. For regular exercisers, the performance of each factor in the exercise performance radar chart is better than or equal to the mean value; 4. Group running activities can effectively to help students maintain the amount of exercise and intensity.
CONCLUSION:
Promoting voluntary exercise implementation plan can effectively improve their endurance fitness level on college students; regular exercisers and those participating in running group activities can maintain a certain amount of exercise, speed and intensity; this study used wearable devices and the exercise record data to constructed exercise performance radar chart which can obtain comprehensive exercise performance results, and the developed new voluntary exercise performance factors for college students are feasible.