Effect of Aerobic Exercise and Yogic Practices on Muscular Endurance and Flexibility

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J.Suresh & Dr. Bupesh S. Moorthy

Abstract:

The purpose of the study was to find out the impact of aerobic exercise and yogic practices on muscular endurance and flexibility. Forty five male students aged between 17 and 21 years were selected for the study. They were divided into three equal groups, each group consisting of fifteen subjects in which two experimental groups and one control group, in which the group I (n=15) underwent aerobic exercise, group II (n = 15) underwent yogic practices for three days (alternative days) per week for twelve weeks, and group III (n=15) acted as control, which did not participate in any training. The experimental group – I (continuous running) & experimental group – II (yoga practice) who participated were informed to report at the early hours of the day around 5.30 A.M. at their training places. The subjects tested on selected criterion variables such as muscular endurance and flexibility at prior to and immediately after the training period.  For testing the muscular endurance, push-up test was used and to measure the flexibility, Taylor’s Manifest Flexibility Scale was used. The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to find out the significant difference if any, between the experimental groups and control group on selected criterion variables separately. Since there were three groups involved in the present study, the Scheffé S test was used as post-hoc test. The selected criterion variables such as muscular endurance were improved and flexibility was significantly decreased for the training groups when compared with the control group.  Moreover, there were no significant difference was occurred between the training groups on selected criterion variables.               

Keywords:

Aerobic exercise, yogic practices, muscular endurance and flexibility.

Please cite this article as:

J. Suresh & Dr. Bupesh S. Moorthy (2020). Effect of Aerobic Exercise and Yogic Practices on Muscular Endurance and Flexibility. International Journal of Recent Research and Applied Studies, 7, 11(4), 19-22.

 


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