ABSTRACT

The purpose of the present study was to find out the effect of Zumba step dancing and Zumba toning dancing on agility, cardio respiratory endurance and hemoglobin content of female under graduate students.   To achieve this purpose 45 female students were selected from SAS SNDP Yogam college, konni, Pathanamthitta, Kerala as subjects. Their age ranged from 16 to 21 years. They were divided into three equal groups of 15 subjects each and were assigned as experimental group -1, experimental group-2 and control group.   The experimental group-1 underwent zumba step dancing, experimental group-11 zumba toning dance and control group was not given any specific training.   All the subjects underwent the test of agility, cardio respiratory endurance and hemoglobin content.  Data was collected before after the training period of 12 weeks.  The analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data. The study revealed that the agility, cardio respiratory endurance and hemoglobin content significantly improved among two modes of zumba dancing.

Keywords: Zumba toning, Zumba step, agility, cardio respiratory endurance, flexibility