INVESTIGATION OF THE CHANGES ON SELECTED BIO-MOTOR PARAMETERS AFTER TWELVE WEEKS OF YOGA PRACTICES AMONG MIDDLE AGED MEN

Keywords

Yogic Practices, Muscular Strength, Cardio Respiratory Endurance

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigation of the Changes on Selected Bio-Motor Parameters after Twelve Weeks of Yoga Practices among Middle aged Men. The study was conducted on thirty (N=30) healthy middle aged men from various places around Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India, were selected randomly as subjects. The ages were ranged from 35 to 42 years. The subjects selected were divided at random into two groups of fifteen each (n=15). Group I underwent yoga practices, and Group II acted as Control. Among various Bio-motor Parameters Muscular Strength and Cardio Respiratory Endurance were selected as dependent variables. Muscular Strength was assessed by Bent Knee Sit-up test and Cardio Respiratory Endurance was assessed by Cooper’s 12 Minutes Run/Walk test. The experimental group underwent Yoga practices for 12 weeks duration and the Control group was not involved any specific training. All the subjects were tested prior to and immediately after the training period of twelve weeks for all the selected variables. The data collected data from the three groups prior to and immediately after the training programme on the selected criterion variables were statistically analyzed with Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). In all the cases 0.05 level of confidence was fixed to test the hypotheses. Muscular Strength and Cardio Respiratory Endurance showed significant difference between the groups. Yogic Practices group showed better performance than Control group.