AUTHOR(S): Naghma Hashmi, Mahendra Pratap Gaur and Rakesh Prasad

ABSTRACT:
This study aimed to determine how physical activity and yoga affect flexibility, muscular endurance, and blood pressure (systolic and diastolic). 45 middle-aged working men between 35 and 40 years old were selected to achieve this goal. They were divided into three equal groups (n = 15), with group I participating in exercise, group II practicing yoga, and group III serving as a control group that received no additional instruction or physical activity. This study lasted twelve weeks of training with six training days per week. Flexibility, muscle endurance, and blood pressure were measured before and after training. The sit-and-reach test was used to examine flexibility, the sit-and-reach test to assess muscular endurance, and the sphygmomanometer to measure blood pressure. A covariance (ANCOVA) analysis was conducted to determine whether there was a significant difference in the selected criterion variables between the experimental and control groups. The Scheffè S test was used as a post hoc test because there were three groups in this study. The study found that physical activity and yoga improved criteria factors such as flexibility, muscular endurance, and reduced blood pressure (systolic and diastolic). The study results also revealed no statistically significant difference between the experimental groups, such as the physical activity and yoga groups, except for flexibility.

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