Abstract
The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of regular asanas practice on flexibility and suprailiac fat of obesemen. 30 obese men staying in Lovely Professional University (age 30-38 years) were selected to conduct the study.
Selected variables for the study were Flexibility and suprailiac fat. To measure flexibility, Sit and reach test used and Skinfold calliper used to measure suprailiac fold of skin. Experiment was given to selected subject for seven weeks. Descriptive statistics such as Mean and Standard deviation were used to assess the selected variables and to compare Flexibility and suprailiac fat between pre-test and post-test data of obese men paired t-test was applied at 0.05 level of significance. To calculate the collected data SPSS version-16 and MS-EXCEL 2007 were used. Results and conclusions: Mean and Standard deviation of pre-test and post-test data of 30 sedentary men for Flexibility and suprailiac fat were 3.75±1.72, 6.36±1.69, 15.56±2.67 and 11.03±2.53 respectively. T-value of Flexibility was 7.42 and suprailiac fat was 7.87 at 0.05 level of significance, tabulated T-value was 2.04 at degree of freedom (29).The results revealed that significance difference were found for Flexibility and Suprailiac fat of obese men and regular asanas practice help to improve flexibility and reduces suprailiac fat of obese men.
Key words: Flexibility, suprailiac fat, asana, obesity etc.
Author- Dr. Atul Kumar Malik