Influence of Yoga and Physical Training on Adolescent’s Muscle Mass and Bone Weight

Abstract

This study examines the effect of Physical Training on Body Composition for the School Students in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. The total number of subjects was sixty (N = 60) having the age range between 11 and 14 years, preferably from classes 6^th to 8^th standard. The participants were equally clustered in three groups. Two experimental groups and one control groups were created. Each group had twenty subjects as school students studying at the senior secondary level in the schools affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The Selected variable of the study were Muscle Mass and Bone Weight.

 The methodology adopted for the present study, which aimed to investigate the effects of yoga training and physical training on the body composition of school students. The overall goal of this methodology is to determine which training modality produces the most significant improvements in Muscle Mass and Bone Weight among the school male students. This study employed a quantitative, experimental research design appropriate for investigating causal relationships between structured physical activity interventions and measurable physiological outcomes. Specifically, a randomized pre-test–post-test group design was used, in which participants were assigned to three groups: (i) yoga training, (ii) physical training and (iii) control group. For the analysis of the data, the within group difference metric was computed using the paired’ t-test and the difference between experimental and control group was analyzed by the method of analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). SPSS-21 tool was used for the calculations. The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 level.