Impact of aerobic dance and yogic training on flexibility among professional students

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to find out the impact of aerobic dance, yogic and combination of aerobic dance and yogic training on flexibility among professional students. To achieve this purpose, eighty (n=80) professional students were selected as subject from Wayanad district of Kerala state at random. The age was ranged between 21 and 24 years. The selected subjects were further divided into four equal groups of aerobic dance training group, yogic training group, combined aerobic dance and yogic training group and the control group of twenty (n=20) each in strength. The training groups were treated with systematic aerobic dance training, yogic training and combined aerobic dance and yogic training for the duration of twelve weeks and three sessions per week. The variable were considered as flexibility for this study and it was measured by using sit and reach test. The data were collected before and immediately after the training protocol. The collected data were analyzed statistically by using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The level of confidence was fixed at 0.05 in all aspects.