Abstract :
To aim of the present study was combined and isolated effects of hatha yoga and aerobic dance training on
selected physiological variables among overweight college women. To fulfill the purpose of the study, sixty college women were randomly selected from SCAD Institute of Technology, Tripur District, Tamilnadu and their age ranged from 18 to 25 years. The selected subjects were divided into four equal groups consisting fifteen each. Experimental group – I underwent hatha yoga training (HYT), experimental group – II underwent aerobic dance training (ADT), experimental group – III underwent combination of hatha yoga and aerobic dance training (HY&ADT) for a period of 12 weeks. Group – IV acted as control group (CG), the subjects in control group were not engaged in any training programme. Resting heart rate and breath holding time were selected as physiological variables. The collected data was statistically analysed by using analysis of covariance. The scheffe’s test was used as a post hoc test to determine which of the paired mean differ significantly. The result reveals that there was a significant difference between the experimental groups and control group on selected physiological variables.
Author Name(S) : N.Savitha, Dr.P.Anbalagan
Keywords: Isolated, Hatha Yoga, Aerobic Dance, Obesity.
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