EFFECT OF PILATES EXERCISE CALISTHENICS EXERCISE AND COMBINATION OF PILATES AND CALISTHENICS EXERCISE ON FLEXIBILITY & STRENGTH OF SCHOOL BOYS

Mr. Rajeev Srivastava, Dr. D. Sakthignanavel and Dr. Vikram Singh

Abstract

The purpose of study was to determine the effect of Pilates Exercise Calisthenics Exercise and Combination of Pilates and Calisthenics Exercise on Flexibility & Strength on School Boys. To achieve the purpose of the study Sixty (60) school boys studying in Raj English School of Sarnath, Varanasi, and U.P. region were selected as subject at randomly and their range of age is between 14 to 17years. The study was confined to the following flexibility and strength variables. Flexibility was measured by sit & reach test and was recorded in inch. Strength was measured by push up test and was recorded in numbers. To find out the variance in the selected criterion variables due to the application of independent variables, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was applied and the level of significance was set at the 0.05 on each criterion variables. The above result indicated that experimental group (Pilates, Calisthenics and Combined exercise group) were significantly improved the flexibility and strength, when compared with the control group. It was also indicated that combined experimental group IV had significantly improved the flexibility greater than the other two experimental groups when compared with the control group.

Keywords: Pilates exercise, Calisthenics exercises, flexibility and strength