Effects of yoga power yoga and pilates

The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of yoga power yoga and Pilates on selected physical, physiological, biochemical, hematological, and psychological variables of college students. For this study, sixty (N=60) women college students studying in Euphrasia Training College for women, Kattor, Kerala, India during 2014-2015 were randomly selected as subjects. They were randomly assigned into four groups of fifteen each (n= l5). Group-I underwent Yoga Practice, Group II underwent Power yoga Practice, Group III underwent Pilates Exercise and Group N acted as the Control Training period was resisted to twelve weeks at the rate of three days a week The dependent variables selected for this study were Flexibility, Muscular Endurance, Resting Pulse Rate, Vital Capacity, Total Cholesterol (TC), Triglycerides (TGL), Blood Sugar, Blood Urea, Self-confidence, and Anxiety. The subjects were tested on the selected dependent variables before and immediately after the experimental period. The data obtained from the experimental groups before and after the experimental period were statistically analyzed with a dependent 't'-test and Analysis of covariance (AN COVA). Whenever the 'F' ratio for adjusted post-test means was found to be significant, Scheffe's test was applied as post-hoc test to determine the paired mean differences. The level of confidence was fixed at 0.05 level for all the cases. The experimental groups namely, Yoga Practice, Power yoga Practice, and Pilates Exercise groups had significantly improved in physical, physiological, biochemical, hematological and psychological related variables such as Flexibility, Muscular Endurance, Resting Pulse Rate, Vital Capacity, Total Cholesterol (TC), Triglycerides (TGL), Blood Sugar, Blood Urea, Self-confidence, and Anxiety. Further, the results showed Pilates Exercise group was found to be better than the Yoga Practice, Power yoga Practice, and Control Group in developing Flexibility, Muscular Endurance, Resting Pulse Rate, Vital Capacity, Total Cholesterol (TC), Triglycerides (TGL), Blood Sugar, Blood Urea, Self-confidence, and Anxiety.