EFFECT OF SURYANAMASKAR ON MUSCULAR ENDURANCE OF SCHOOL GIRLS: A MIXED DESIGN APPROACH

 Mr. Vivek Singh and Dr. Anurodh Singh Sisodia

Abstract

The objective of the study were to determine the main effect of time durations (with in groups), the main effect of different paces (between groups) and interaction effect (combined effect of time and pace) on muscular endurance due to practice of Suryanamaskar. Mixed design was used for study. Four groups were created, three experimental and one control group. 12 girls were in each group in the age group of 15 – 17 years. First experimental group performed  one round of Suryanamaskar in 1 minute, second experimental group in 2 minutes, third experimental group in 4 minutes and fourth group served as a control group. Total treatment duration was six weeks. Muscular endurance was measured by modified push-up test in numbers before (pretest) after 3 weeks and after 6 weeks of all four groups. 4 x 3 factorial mixed ANOVA was used and level of significance was set at 0.05. There were significant effects of time duration and interaction on improvement of muscular endurance. There was no significant difference found among different paces of Suryanamaskar on muscular endurance. In this way present study confirmed that practice of Suryanamaskar for six weeks are sufficient to bring out significant improvement on muscular endurance with pace 1, pace 2 and pace 4. It also concluded that Suryanamaskar practice for 6 weeks with pace 2 help to improve maximum muscular endurance as compare pace 1, pace 4 and control group.

Keywords: Suryanamaskar, Pace and Muscular Endurance