Comparative Analysis of the Development of the Muscular Strength of the Students from the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education (F.E.F.S.) and the Students from the Faculty of Automatic Control, Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Abstract

This paper aims at comparing the level of manifestation of the muscular strength of the university students; this period of studies coincides with the full maturity of the organism and a great improvement at all levels: morphological, physiological, psychological, regarding their personality, the education and the valorisation of their intellectual and physical qualities. The tests we used are the same for the two batches of males included in our study, a series of 11 tests that check the level of manifestation of different kinds of strength and their combination with the other physical conditioned qualities: resistance, speed, general coordination and flexibility. We have compared the results and we have analysed the significance of the performance difference between the students from the two different areas of studies and concluded that there are good premises to continuously improve the muscular strength.
The results obtained by the students of the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education (F.E.F.S.) are, for most tests, better than their colleagues’ and this is due to the improvements achieved during the years of specialized sports training and not as the effect of a unique training programme conceived and applied before the tests. The students from the Faculty of Automatic Control, Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics Engineering (A.C.I.E.E.) have weaker results and only for certain tests these results are almost equal to the results of their colleagues; we consider this an accurate image of the poor level of physical training and limited concerns for an active lifestyle.
A higher level of physical education – where the muscular strength is vital – is one of the main goals of the performance sports and of the sports classes for students from other fields of study. The more they are trained in this field, the more they have favourable conditions to manifest physical qualities in various fields: performance sports, mass sports activities and loisir.