Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part F (2025)

The purpose of the study was to examining the effect of orange theory fitness training and yogic practices on selected physical and physiological variables among obese college men. For this purpose, forty-five obese college students having BMI 25-29 studying in holy cross engineering college, Thoothukudi were selected as subjects and the age of the subject were ranged between 18 to 21 years. They were assigned randomly into two experimental groups and one control group of fifteen each. The group I underwent orange theory fitness training and the group II underwent yogic practices and control group was not exposed to any specific training but they participated in the regular curriculum programme. The training period for the experimental group were three days per week for eight weeks. The subjects underwent orange theory fitness training and yogic practices are under strict supervision. Prior to every training session, the experiment groups underwent 10 minutes warm-up exercises which included jogging and stretching. abdominal strength, agility and flexibility were selected as the dependent variable for this study and it was assessed by sit-ups, T-test and sit and reach respectively. All the subjects were tested prior to and immediately after the experimental period on the selected dependent variables. The data obtained from the experimental groups and control group were statistically analysed by analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 for all the cases. The result of the study reveals that the dependent variables are significantly improved due to orange theory fitness training and yogic practices. Flexibility shows more significant in yogic practices compare to orange theory fitness training, Abdominal strength and agility shows more significant in orange theory fitness training compare to yogic practices group.