Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of free hand exercises on circulatory system and respiratory system. For the purpose of this study total sixty (60) students were randomly selected who were studying in Bachelor of Physical Education and Master of Physical Education course from Department of Physical Education, Institute of Professional Studies, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. All the subjects were divided into two group's i.e. experimental group and control group and each group have thirty (30) students. Experimental group was received forty five (45) minutes of training per day except Sunday for duration of eight (08) weeks. The subject's age was ranging between 20 to 25 years. Paired „t" test was used and the level of significance was set at 0.05. All the statistical calculations were made through Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 16.0. The results of this study reveal that free hand exercises have no effect on circulatory system and respiratory system.

Keywords

Free hand exercise, Circulatory system and respiratory system,

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