Effect of land based and water based aerobic exercises on body mass index among school students

Nowadays the approximate ranges of 20–25% of the Indian population have some form of disability and chronic illness according to figures derived from the latest research conducted under the National Institutes of Health. In this type aerobic exercises is a new concept, but it has recently become more popular in India, mostly because of the potential to decrease injuries compared with all other exercises contractions by decreasing impact of the injuries. The present study was investigated the effect of land based and water based aerobic exercises on body mass index among school students. Randomly 45 (forty five) school going students aged 15–18 years were selected and divided into three equal groups consist of twenty five subjects each. Group A underwent land based aerobic exercise (LAE); Group B water based aerobic exercise (WAE) and Group C without any activities as control group. Both aerobic exercises training were one hour per day thrice a week for 6 weeks was given. Pretest and posttest were tested for BMI (Body Mass Index). The data will be collected before and after the experimental treatment. The data obtained from the experimental period will be statistically analyzed with dependent‘t’-test and Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The level of significance will be fixed at.05 level of confidence for all the cases.