Consequence of 6 weeks yoga and continuous running on body mass index of college students

Abstract

The objective of the study was to investigate to consequence of 6 weeks yoga and continuous running on body mass index of college students. For this study 60 male college students of were selected from Govt. Degree College Ganderbal, Kashmir. The age of the students was 18 to 20 years. Performed yoga asana followed by continuous running each morning for a total workout of 1 hour duration. Purposive sample of participants who were being declared medically unfit in the last 6 months but they were free of risk factors arising out of taking up moderate intensity workouts. It was ascertained through various reliable sources that none of them had any sever injury or operation or any other medical condition in the past 1 year. The experimental procedures and potential risks were explained prior to the study, and all participants provided written, informed consent. Few Yogic exercise were given and Post yoga easy to moderate intensity continuous grass running for 30 minutes for 6 weeks each morning. BMI was calculated by formula and Statistical analysis such as mean, standard deviation paired sample t-test, tables, histogram and figures by entering the data into SPSS version-20.P-values less than 0.05 and 0 .01 were considered significant. The result of the study reflect that there was som significant difference between pre test and post test of BMI.