EFFECT OF YOGIC AND RECREATIONAL TRAINING ON AGILITY STRESS AND RESTING PULSE RATE AMONG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS

Keywords

Yogic Training, Recreational Training, Agility, Stress, Resting Pulse Rate and Information Technology Professional.

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to find out the effect of yogic and recreational training on agility, stress and resting pulse rate among information technology professionals. To achieve the purpose of the study, the investigator selected 90 subjects. They were selected from the information technology professional, Chennai City, Tamil Nadu. Their age ranged between 25and 30 years. The randomly assigned in to three groups namely Experimental group-I yogic training, Experimental group-II recreational training, and a Control Group (CG). Each group consists of 30subjects.The following variables on namely agility stress and resting pulse rate were selected for the study. They were tested with Shuttle run, standardized Stress Questionnaire developed by Everyly and Girdano’s and Digital Heart Rate Measuring Machine. The training period was six weeks. The Analysis of Covariance (ANACOVA) and post hoc test was used to assess the collected data. From the analysis of data it was proved that there was a significant reduction in the timing of agility, level of stress and resting pulse rate by both forms of experimental namely the yogic training and recreational training among information technology professionals.