Effect of Zumba dance with yoga on body composition and vo2 max of school girls

Abstract

This study was investigated the impact of Zumba dance with yoga practice on body composition and Vo2 max of school girls. To achieve the purpose of the study 40 school girls were selected from Sri Saratha Vidhayalaya higher secondary school Salem. The subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups (n=20). Group- I underwent Zumba dance with yoga practice (ADWYG) and group - II was acted as control group (CG). The Zumba dance with yoga Practices was given to the experimental group for 3 days per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) for the period of twelve weeks. The control group was not given any sort of training except their routine work. The physical parameters of body composition (skin fold caliper) and Vo2 max (Queens’s college step test) before and after training period. The data collected from the subjects was statistically analyzed with ‘t’ test to find out significant improvement if any at 0.05 level of confidence. The result of the present study Zumba dance with yoga practices significantly improved body composition and Vo2 max of school girls