The Effect of Eccentric Training on Anthropometrics, Physical Fitness and Bone Strength in Overweight Children

The intervention group will perform an 8 week program, 2 sessions a weak for a total of 16 sessions. training will be done on a designated negative gradient treadmill, first two session will be in -5% gradient. sessions 3,4 and 5 will be in -10% gradient, all of the following sessions will be in -15% gradient. exercise intensity will be 70%-80% out of maximal heart-rate. Session length will gradually increase by one minute each training, starting from 10 minutes at the first session, up to 25 minutes on final sessions. each training will start and end with a 2 minutes of warm up and calm down under neutral gradient. Every two minutes of training, Visual Analog Scale and Rating of Perceived Exertion data will be collected from the participants.