Muscular endurance of students: A comparison of NCC cadets, yoga practitioners and sports persons

Abstract

Muscular endurance is an important dimension of physical fitness and health. It is essential to develop muscular endurance in the youth. There are several activities through which this can be done in a formal manner. Prominent among these activities are NCC, yoga and sports. Thus, the present paper focuses on comparing muscular endurance of NCC cadets, yoga practitioners and sports persons. The study adopted the descriptive method of the causal-comparative type and included 1200 students in the age group of 17-21 years. It was found that the mean muscular endurance of sports persons is the highest, followed by NCC cadets and yoga practitioners in that order.