AUTHOR(S): Baljinder Singh Bal and Parmjit Kaur

ABSTRACT:
The present study investigated the effects of 4-weeks Bhramari pranayama program on aerobic fitness of young boys. For this study Twenty-Four, university level boys of Department of Physical Education (T), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar between the age group of 21 - 26 years volunteered to participate in the study. The subjects were purposively assigned into two groups: Group-A: Experimental (n1 = 12), Group-B: Control (n2 = 12). Experimental group was subjected to 4-weeks of Bhramari Pranayama. All the subjects were informed about the objective and protocol of the study. The Mean and Standard Deviation values of aerobic fitness of pre-test and post-test of experimental group was 29.8667 ± 1.3186 and 29.7750 ± 1.4486 respectively. However, the Mean and Standard Deviation values of aerobic fitness of pre-test and post-test of control group were 29.6500 ± 1.2660 and 29.6250 ± 1.2983 respectively. In experimental group the observed effect size d is small, 0.25 and in control group the observed effect size d is small, 0.12 the data does suggest that the differences between pre-test and post-test of aerobic fitness in experimental and control group are insignificant.

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