Al-Hikmah University Journal

This research was conducted to determine out the influence of routine physical activity on body composition of academic staff in tertiary institutions in Katsina State. Nigeria. For the purpose of this study the ex-post-facto research design was used. The population was all male academic staff in tertiary institutions in Katsina State, purposive, proportionate and random sampling procedures were used to select 176 male academic staff to participate in the study. Hand-held Bioelectrical impedance analyser was used to determine body mass index. Routine physical activity questionnaire was used to determine routine physical activity of the participants of this study. The data collected were statistically analysed using regression analysis with significant level at P=0.05. The result of the study revealed that routine physical activity had significant influence on resting pulse rate (F = 0.675, P=0.010), It was recommended that opportunities to influence academic staff participation in routine physical activities should be readily available at tertiary institutions. Academic staff should be encourage to participate in routine physical activities to improve their body composition and cardiovascular variables in order to achieve the best of health status. Sedentary individuals should be encouraged to begin with low-intensity physical activity and PA should be practised at a moderate intensity level in everyday life.