The aim of this research study was two-fold, first to determine the relationship between sedentary lifestyle of the college students and their cardiovascular fitness and second to compare the relationship between sedentary lifestyle of the college students and their cardiovascular fitness.

A total of 100 (50 male and 50 female) subjects from Khalsa College, Amritsar who met the inclusion criteria was taken. The parameters obtained were height, weight, BMI, pre-test heart rate, post-test heart rate and YMCA score. Result shows YMCA score obtained was at “very poor” level for all 100 % female subjects. In case of the male subjects, 8 % attained a score of “poor” whereas the remaining 92 % subjects attained a score of “very poor”. There is a significant sex difference in the YMCA score (t-value is 0.041, p<0.05) . The levels of fitness attained by the subjects of this study i.e. “poor” and “very poor” signify a negative impact on health. It is only when the youth of a society is in prime health, is the future secure and striving.