Abstract

The study was intended to substantiate the relative effects of yogasana practices and physical training on selected physiological variables. To achieve the purpose sixty male students aged 15 through 18 years were selected as subjects from Govt. Junior College, Ponnalur, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh. The subjects selected were equated on the basis of their cardiorespiratory endurance and segregated them into two groups: Group I – yogasana practice group and Group II – physical training group of thirty subjects each. The criterion variables confined to this study were systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and pulse rate. The experimental programme is five days a week for eight weeks in the morning session. The one-way analysis of variance was used to test the statistical significance. The results of the study reveal that there was no significant difference among the yogasana practices and physical training on systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and pulse rate. It suggests that practicing yogasanas is better as compared to isometric exercise training in improving the blood pressure and pulse rate.

Keywords

Yogasanas, Isometric Exercise, Blood Pressure, Pulse Rate,

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