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In conclusion athletes are willing to incur travelling and living costs to train at high altitude areas in order to gain incremental altitude training effects as affirmed by bootstrap hypothesis testing results. This error term explains unobserved variables in the model which were beyond the scope of this study. However, stochastic variable in the model showed significant difference in influencing willingness to incur cost by athletes while training at high altitude. Analysis from logit model showed that experience, age of athletes, safety and altitude effects had high probability to influence athletes to train at high altitude areas. Results from statistical tests revealed that experience, age of athletes, safety and altitude effects were significantly difference in influencing athletes' willingness to incur extra cost for altitude acclimatization. Findings from the study showed that athletes incurred estimated cost of about $9.59 per day to train at high altitude, while high altitude attributes such as experience, safety and altitude acclimatization were highly ranked as motivating factors by athletes to train in the study area. Excel and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version-20) were used for data analysis. Systematic simple random sampling technique was used in administering 223 structured questionnaires to respondents. This study was carried out at Iten Township in Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya. Therefore, this study sought to estimate economic value of high altitude services to athletes using travel cost valuation approach. High altitude training provides acclimatization to athletes by enhancing endurance however, this environmental service has remained unaccounted and un-priced. Coaches need to consider implementation of training of strength with your own body, due to its useful effects. Muscular endurance of recreational athletes can be significantly improved by continuous and programmed exercises using the whole body as basic loading. Results of the T-test for dependent samples were statistically significant differences between two measurements (p<0.01). The following variables were used: maximal number of pull-ups in 60”, maximal number of squats in 60”, maximal number of push-ups in 60”, maximal number of rotational forward bends of the body in 30” body extension hang left arm hang under the angle of 90° right leg hang under 90° and pull-ups hang.

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Training load was dosed by position of the body, speed of exercise performance, number of series of a certain exercise (3-5 x 3-5), number of repetitions (10-25) and length of passive recovery between series of exercises (30-90 sec). Modified types of conventional body exercises, which include basic models of movements for the whole body are included in the program. Three muscular endurance trainings per week were performed during the program.

The aim of this study is to determine effects of 8-weeks long muscle endurance training with the weight of body in case of recreational athletes.

Muscular endurance exercises