doi no.: 05-2016-44975451, DOI Link :: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/07.2020-51154399/

Dr. Santosh Chaudhary¹

Affiliations:

^{1 Assistant Professor (Physical Education) Govt. Girls Degree College Kota, Saharanpur (U.P.),  chaudharysantosh2811@gmail.com, 9412529807}

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the present study was to find the Role of Pilates Exercises to reduce body fat percentage of overweight people. For this study 30 overweight male subjects were selected between the age of 30-45 years from the General population of District Meerut of Uttar Pradesh and then selected subjects were divided into two groups i.e. 15 as experimental group and 15 as control group. In the present study purposive-random sampling technique was applied to select the subjects. For measuring body fat percentage the body composition analyzer and WHO’s BMI norms table were used. The BMI was calculated easily from the following formula BMI = [Weight in kg / Square of height in meters]. After assessment of pre-test as experimental treatment Pilates exercises training was conducted for experimental group for ten weeks and no training to control group. After the completion of 10 weeks Pilates exercises training the post-test (measure body fat percentage) was conducted to know the significance difference. The ‘t’ test was applied to find out the significance difference. On the basis of statistical analysis it was concluded that the Pilates Exercises play a significant role to reduce body fat percentage of overweight people.

Key words : Body composition,  analyzer, Pilates, Body mass index.

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