Effect of Yoga Asana Training on Physical Fitness Variables of School Level Students

The purpose of the study was found out the effects of yoga asanas training on physical fitness of school level students. This is an experimental study. For achieving the purpose of the study 50 male students of 9th to 12th classes from Govt. senior secondary school were selected as the subjects of the study. They were divided into two groups randomly, each group have 25 subjects. Group-I given Yoga Asana training, Group- II treated as a control group. Control group was not participated any type of yoga program. Strength, agility, speed, flexibility and endurance were selected as the variables of physical fitness for the study. The subjects were participated in six weeks Yoga Asanas training program. The data for the study was collected through the pre and post-test of six weeks training program. For analyzing the data of physical fitness variables descriptive analysis and t- test was applied at 0.05 level of significant. The result of the study showed that there was a significant effect of Yoga Asana training on physical fitness variables.