International Journal of Innovative Research and Development

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to  examine muscular strength endurance and skill performance variables  during and after yoga practice with low volume circuit  resistance training and high volume resistance training. Eighty  healthy men performed the following three types of training modalities, the first group underwent yoga practice alternative days, experimental group two underwent  yoga practice with low volume circuit resistance training  on separate days: (1) low-volume circuit resistance exercise with slow movement: 35 % of one-repetition maximum (1-RM) and 4 s each of lifting and lowering phases;  Experimental group three underwent  yoga practice with  high-volume  resistance training with normal movement: 75 % of 1-RM and 1 s each of lifting and lowering phases; and  group four act as a control group.  These three experimental groups  trials were performed for three sets in a circuit pattern with four exercises, and the participants performed each set until exhaustion. To find the muscular strength endurance sit ups test was used and skill performance offensive and defensive skills 10 point rating scale was used. Average muscular strength endurance and skill performance  throughout the exercise session was significantly higher with yoga -high- and low-intensity resistance exercise with normal movement than with low-volume resistance exercise with slow movement (P < 0.05); however, total muscular strength endurance and skill performance were  significantly greater in low-volume resistance exercise with slow movement than in the other trials. In contrast, there were  significant differences in the total excess post-exercise explosive power  among the three exercise trials. The results of this study suggest that yoga with high-volume resistance exercise with normal movement induces much greater energy expenditure than low volume circuit  resistance training  with slow  movement of high or low volume  and yoga practice.

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