~ 1 ~ International Journal of Physiology, Nutrition and Physical Education 2018; 3(1): 01-03 ISSN: 2456-0057 IJPNPE 2018; 3(1): 01-03 © 2018 IJPNPE www.journalofsports.com Received: 01-11-2017 Accepted: 02-12-2017 Dr. Ashish Phulkar Assistant Professor, LNIPE Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India Correspondence Dr. Ashish Phulkar Assistant Professor, LNIPE Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India A study of aerobic dancing and yogic practices on selected health related fitness Dr. Ashish Phulkar Abstract The purpose of the study was to find out the “Effect of aerobic dancing and yogic practices on selected health related fitness among college women students”. Sixty women students from Savitri bai Phule, Pune University, India were selected at random as subjects. Their age was between eighteen and twenty five years. The study was formulated as pre and posttest random group design, in which sixty students were divided into three equal groups. The experimental group-1 underwent Aerobic Dancing (n=20 AD group), the experimental group -2 underwent Yogic Practices (n= 20 YP group) and group-3 (n=20, CG) served as control group. Aerobic Dancing and Yogic Practices were given as per the training schedule of five days week of twelve week. In the study, two different training approaches were adopted as independent variables, i.e Aerobic Dacing (AD) and Yogic Practices (YP) were selected as dependent variables. They were listed as follows: 1) Flexibility Measured by Sit and reach test (in centimeters) 2) Cardio Respiratory Endurance was measured by 12 minutes run/walk (in meters) 3) Muscular Strength Endurance was measured by modified sit-ups (in numbers). The pre and post –test random group design was used as an experimental design in which sixty women college students were selected as subjects from Savitri bai Phule, Pune University, India; the selected subjects were divided into three groups of twenty subjects each. ANCOVA was used to find out significant adjusted post test mean difference of three groups with respect to each parameter and Scheffe’s post hoc was used to find out pair- wise comparisons between groups with respect to each parameter. There were significant differences among the experimental and control groups and there was a significant improvement in Health Related Fitness. Keywords: Aerobic dance, yogic practice, flexibility, cardio respiratory endurance, muscular endurance Introduction Aerobic dance is vigorous, oxygenated large muscle exercise which stimulates heart and lungs activity for a specific period of time brings about beneficial changes in the cardiovascular system. The aerobic Dancing effect depends on the body’s ability to a) rapidly breathe large amount of air b) forcefully deliver large volume of blood, and c) effectively deliver oxygen to all parts of the body. Aerobic dancing is the apt training program to build up fitness of an individual especially girls. It especially involves the continuous rhythmic movement done with music can also be done in Indoor, which helps the girls to improve their physical fitness. While Yoga is a system of attaining perfect physical and mental health. The body is the temple of soul and to reach harmony of mind, body and spirit, the body must be physically fit. The word “Yoga” is derived from the Sanskrit root “Yuj” meaning to bi nd, join, attach and yoke to direct and concentrate on one’s attention. As the students selected for this study belongs to the rural area Mulshi taluks, Pune they do not have any awareness about fitness.Thus the researcher has chosen this training programme yogic practices and aerobic dancing which made them interested for this study. Methods The study was designed to find out the effect of aerobic dancing and yogic practices on selected health related fitness, among women college students. For this purpose sixty women college students from APA Arts College for Women, Mulshi, Pune (M.S). Were selected at random as subjects and their age was between 18 to 25 years.