EFFECT OF AQUATIC ACTIVITY AND YOGIC PRACTICES ON RESTING HEART RATE

Mr. Pawan Kumar Roy and Dr. Brij Kishore Prasad

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to know the effect of aquatic activity & yogic practices on Resting heart rate. Forty five (45) boys students were selected randomly from Institute of Professional Studies, College of physical education Gwalior, which were divided into three equal groups namely experimental group A for aquatic activity, experimental group B for yogic practices and control group C. Six week training were given to the subjects. Pre and post- test random group design was use for this study. Both pre and post data was collected for these different groups. Resting heart rate was measured manually with the help of stop watch and recorded in beats/min. To analysis the collected data of three different groups, Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used and Post hoc LSD was applied for which  level of significance was set as 0.05.Finding of the study shows that resting heart rate was significantly decreased.

Keywords: Aquatic Activity, Yogic Practices and Resting Heart Rate