The effect of yogic and physical exercises on cardiovascular endurance variables of secondary school students in Vijayapur

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to find the effect of yogic practice and physical exercises on cardiovascular endurance variables of secondary school students. For this purpose 150 students studyining in various classes of S S composite junior college Vijayapur in Karnataka students in the age group of 14 to 16 were selected using purpose random techniques. They were divided into three equal group, each group consisted of fifteen subjects, in which group -I underwent yoga practice, group –II underwent training physical exercises and group-III acted as control group who are not allowed to participate in any special training apart from their regular curricular activities. The training period for this study was six days a week for eight weeks. Prior and after the training period, the subjects were tested for cardiovascular endurance. The Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was applied to find out which group has better in performance. Whenever, ‘F’ ratio for adjusted test was found to be significant for adjusted post-test means Scheffe’s test was followed, as a post-hoc test to determine which of the paired mean differ significantly. It was concluded from the results of the study that after yoga practice and physical exercises periods, both the training has improves the cardiovascular endurance for both the experimental group. The results of the study also shown that there was a significant difference was found between the control groups.