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The study was designed to find out the effect of resistance training and resistance training with protein supplementation on percent body fat. To achieve this purpose, forty five male students from the Department of Physical Education, Annamalai University were randomly selected as subjects. The age of the selected subjects were ranged from 18 to 24 years. The selected subjects were divided into three equal groups of fifteen subjects each at random. Group-I underwent resistance training for three days per week for twelve weeks. Group-II underwent resistance training with protein supplementation for three days per week for twelve weeks. Group-III acted as control. The percent body fat was selected as dependent variable. The data collected from the experimental and control groups on selected dependent variable was statistically analyzed by paired 't' test to find out the significant differences if any between the pre and post test. The data collected from the three groups prior to and post experimentation on selected dependent variable was statistically analyzed to find out the significant difference if any, by applying the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). In all the cases the level of confidence was fixed at 0.05 level for significance. The result of the study also produced 8.95% of changes due to resistance training, and 15.85% of changes due to resistance training with protein supplementation on percent body fat.