Changes in cardio respiratory endurance among school boys due to yogic practices

The purpose of the study was to find out the changes in cardio respiratory endurance among school boys due to yogic practices. To achieve this purpose of the study, sixty boy's students studying in the different schools in Chennai were selected as subject at random. Their age ranged between the 15 to 18 years. The selected subjects were divided in two equal groups of thirty each namely yogic group and control group. Group I underwent yogic for five days per week for twelve weeks, whereas Group II acted as the control group who maintained their daily routine activities and no special training was given to them. The following variable namely cardio respiratory endurance was selected Respiratory endurance was measured by using cooper's 9 minutes run/walk test at prior and immediately after the training period. The collected data were analyzed statistically through analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to find out the significant differences, if any between the groups. The.05 level of confidence was fixed to test the level of significance, which was considered as an appropriate. The results of study showed that there was a significant difference exists between yogic group and control group on cardio respiratory endurance. And also there was a significant improvement on cardio respiratory endurance due to yogic practices.