Author(s): Dr. Vasanta Pundalik Raut

Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to analyze the effect of asana, combined asana and pranayama practices on abdominal strength of college male students. For the study, 60 college men students were selected from Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Sharirk Shikshan Mahavidyalaya, Nagpur, Maharashtra. Age = 18 and 22 was randomly selected as subjects. They were divided into three equal groups, asana training group (n = 20) combined practices of asana and Pranayama Group (n = 20) and Control Group (n = 20). The bent leg curl up test was used to analyze the abdominal strength. It was recorded as a pre-test and post-test. The training consists of 6 weeks for both groups, selected asana was practice by the asana group and asana and pranayama were practiced by the combined training group for 5 days in a week and 45 min/day, and the training program was modified once in every 2 weeks, Control Group has not involved any specific training. The data were collected and analyzed using ANCOVA. Further, Scheffe’s post hoc test was applied to know the paired mean difference if the optioned “f” ration was significant. Level of confidence was fixed at 0.05. The resulted study shows that subjects performing combined practices of asana and Pranayama Group were found to be significant in abdominal strength than the other two groups.

DOI: 10.33545/27077012.2021.v2.i2a.154

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