Effect of Yogic Practices and Aerobic Exercise on Muscular Strength on Selected Physiological Variables

The purpose of the present study was to find the effect of yogic practice and aerobic exercise on selected physiological variables. For this purpose, forty five middle aged men of Uduppi town, Mangalore district, Karnataka state in the age group of 35 – 40 years were selected. They were divided into three equal groups (n = 15), each group consisted of fifteen subjects, in which group – I underwent yogic practice, group – II underwent aerobic exercise and group – III acted as control group who did not participate in any special training. The training period for this study was five days in a week for twelve weeks. Prior to and after the training period the subjects were tested for vital capacity and blood pressure (systolic and diastolic). Vital capacity was assessed by using wet-spirometer and blood pressure was assessed by using sphygmomanometer respectively. The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to find out the significant difference if any, among the experimental groups and control group on selected criterion variables separately. Since there were three groups involved in this study the Scheffẻ S test was used as pos-hoc test. It was concluded from the result of the study that the yoga practice and aerobic exercise has positively altered the criterion variables, such as, vital capacity and blood pressure (both systolic and diastolic)