Abstract:
The aim of this study was to find out the effect of brisk walking and elliptical training on selected physiological variables among sedentary women. To achieve the purpose, 30 sedentary women were randomly selected and assigned into three groups, brisk walking group (BWG), elliptical training group (ETG) and Control group (CG) consisting of 10 in each. After assessing the cardiorespiratory endurance and mean arterial blood pressure initially, the experimental groups underwent respective treatments for eight weeks. After the completion of eight weeks experimental period, all the subjects were measured of their selected variables. The results proved that brisk walking improved cardiorespiratory endurance of sedentary women (6.20), elliptical training improved (7.70 )and control group (1.00), comparing to initial and final scores; brisk walking reduced mean arterial blood pressure (1.64) and elliptical training reduced (2.35) and the control group there was a slight increase of (0.17). The differences were found significant P <0.05. The comparisons proved that elliptical training was significantly better than brisk walking group in improving cardiorespiratory endurance and reducing mean arterial blood pressure. Thus, it was concluded that sedentary women may use elliptical training than brisk walking to improve their physiological levels of cardiorespiratory endurance and mean arterial blood pressure.
Author Name : P. Kannadasan, Dr. K.V. Balamurugan & Dr. P.K. Senthilkumar
Keywords: Brisk walking, Elliptical Training, Cardiorespiratory Endurance, Mean Arterial Blood Pressure.
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