Key result
Yoga training with progressive incorporation of breathing maneuvers significantly improved predicted VO2max to 53.03 ml/kg/min compared to a control group (p<0.01) over 12 weeks in healthy young men.
Why the study?
The potential of yoga to improve VO2max is often questioned due to low exercise stimulus, prompting investigation into the role of yoga breathing maneuvers.
Does yoga training with progressive breathing maneuvers improve predicted VO2max in healthy male students?
Does yoga training with progressive breathing maneuvers improve predicted VO2max in healthy male students?
p-value: p=<0.01
Progressive incorporation of yoga breathing maneuvers significantly improves predicted VO2max and reduces basal respiratory and heart rates in healthy young men.
May improve cardiorespiratory fitness in young men; hypothesis-generating and requires RCTs before practice change.
The potentiality of yoga to improve O 2max is often questioned because of its low exercise stimulus onsidering the positive effects of oga reathing aneuvers ( ) on cardio-respiratory systems its effect on O 2max needs to be studied So possible role of in improvement in O 2max in yoga training was observed.32 healthy male students of 19 to 21 years of age were divided into two equal groups of 16 each. One group (YG) practiced yoga (Yogasanas, YBM and meditation) for 40 minutes every day for 6 days per week for 3 months. YBM were progressively inducted by increasing practice duration throughout training Other group ( G) did not practice oga Their basal heart rate (HR) and respiratory rate (RR) were recorded in the morning in bed Predicted O 2max was measured on them by Queen's college step test. HR was recorded before, during and after exercise manually and with Polar sports tester. All the parameters were recorded at baseline, 6 th and 12 th week end of yoga training In G O 2max improved from baseline (47.53.7 ml/kg/min) to 6 th week (49.43.3 ml/kg/min, P<0.001) and 12th week end (53.033.3ml/kg/min, P<0.0001). YG showed significant reduction in basal RR, HR and resting HR at 6 th and 12 th week end compared to their respective base line values G did not show such changes O 2max was correlated to basal RR(r -0 463 p 0 0009) HR (r -0 235 p 0 107) and resting HR (r -0 414 p 0 003) facilitated the improvement in O 2max possibly by its effects on cardiovascular and respiratory systems.
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Bhunia et al. (2020) studied Healthy (n=32). Yoga training with progressive Yoga Breathing Maneuvers (YBM) vs. No yoga practice was evaluated on Predicted VO2max at 12 weeks (p=<0.01). Yoga training with progressive incorporation of breathing maneuvers significantly improved predicted VO2max to 53.03 ml/kg/min compared to a control group (p<0.01) over 12 weeks in healthy young men.