ISOLATED AND COMBINED EFFECT OF AEROBIC AND PILATES EXERCISE ON CARDIOVASCULAR ENDURANCE AMONG ADOLESCENT BOYS

Mr. Mangesh Kumar Pal and Dr. P.K. Subramaniam

Abstract

 The present investigation was under taken to study the isolated and combined effect of aerobic and pilates exercise on cardiovascular endurance 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 subjects 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. 9 minutes run/walk test was used to find out the cardiovascular endurance. The data were collected before and after the training programme and analysed by analysis of covariance. The result of the study shows that aerobic exercise, pilates exercise and combined exercise were statistically significant at 0.05 level when compared with the control group.

 Keywords: Aerobic Exercise, Pilates Exercise and Cardiovascular Endurance.