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The purpose of the study was to find out the influence of strength training on speed and strength among under graduate students. To achieve the purpose of the present study, thirty college students from Sourashtra College, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India were selected as subjects at random and their ages ranged from 18 to 21 years. The subjects were divided into two equal groups at random. The subjects were divided into two equal groups of fifteen subjects each. Group I acted as Experimental Group (Strength Training) and Group II acted as Control Group. The requirement of the experiment procedures, testing as well as exercise schedule was explained to the subjects so as to get full co-operation of the effort required on their part and prior to the administration of the study. Speed was assessed by 50 metres dash and strength was assessed by strength. Pre test was conducted for all the subjects on selected components. This initial test scores formed as pre test scores of the subjects. The groups were assigned as Experimental Group and Control Group in an equivalent manner. Experimental Group was exposed to strength training and Control Group was not exposed to any experimental training other than their regular daily activities. The duration of experimental period was 6 weeks. After the experimental treatment, all the thirty subjects were tested. This final test scores formed as post test scores of the subjects. The pre test and post test scores were subjected to statistical analysis using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) to find out the significance among the mean differences. In all cases 0.05 level of significance was fixed to test hypotheses. It was observed that the six weeks of experimental group have significantly improved the speed and strength of under graduate students.