Volume : 3, Issue : 3, March - 2014

Isolated and Combined Effect of Aerobic and Pilates Exercise on Selected Motor Fitness Components and Physiological Variables Among Adolescent Boys

Mangesh Kumar Pal, Dr. P. K. Subramaniam.

Abstract :

 The purpose of the study was to find out the isolated and combined effect of aerobic and pilates exercise on selected motor fitness components and physiological variables among adolescent boys. To achieve the purpose of this study, sixty adolescent school boys were selected as subjects at random from MAJPM Higher Secondary School, Raniganj, Pratapgarh (U.P.). Their age ranged from 14 to 17 years. The subject were divided into three experimental group and one control group, each group consist of 15 subjects. Experimental group I undergone aerobic exercise, Experimental group II undergone pilates exercise, Experimental group III undergone combined exercise for the period of twelve weeks. The control group IV did not participate or involved any specific training programme other than their regular physical activities programme as per their school curriculum. The subjects were tested before and after the experimentation on flexibility and resting heart rate. The obtained data from experimental and control group were statistically analyzed with analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The experimental group had achieved a significant improvement on flexibility and resting heart rate when compared to the control group.