EFFECT OF 4-WEEK YOGIC PRACTICES ON CARDIOVASCULAR ENDURANCE AND BODY COMPOSITION OF UNIVERSITY LEVEL GIRLS

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of 4-week yogic practices on cardiovascular endurance and body composition of university level girls. The research population included sixty (N=60) female subjects between the age group of 18-25 years were selected as subjects from Department of Physical Education (T), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab (India). The subjects were purposively assigned into two groups: Group-A: Experimental (N1=30) and Group-B: Control (N2=30). All the subjects were informed about the objective and protocol of the study. The subjects from Group A were subjected to 4-week of yogic practices. The training consisted of a variety of yogic asanas: (i.e., Alanasana, utthita parsvakonasana, vasisthasana, purvottanasana, sarvangasana and sirsasana).The 4-week yogic practices brought about significant improvement in cardiovascular endurance (t = 7.62), and body composition (t = 15.79) in Group (A) as compared with the control one. The 4-week yogic practices had significant effect on cardiovascular endurance and body composition, Thus, such yogic practices may be recommended to improve cardiovascular endurance, body composition, may contribute to enhance concentration based performance and voluntary control of breathing.