Yoga Asanas have been used as one of the methods that can help imporove one's physical fitness and health since long time ago. While it was not known much about how asanas affect on health-related physical fitness. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of yoga asanas on health- related physical fitness. Eighty collage female students were served as subjects of this study (average age was 20.6), and thirty yoga asanas were taught during a seven-week section. During the section, subjects was trained 100 minutes and asked to practice twice a week (total 60 minutes). Several physical fitness were tested before and after the section. It was found that there were significant differences on cardiovascular capacity, muscle fitness, flexibility and body composition after the section (p<.01). This study concluded that yoga asanas had a positive effect on health-related physical fitness.
Yoga Asanas have been used as one of the methods that can help imporove one's physical fitness and health since long time ago. While it was not known much about how asanas affect on health-related physical fitness. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of yoga asanas on health- related physical fitness. Eighty collage female students were served as subjects of this study (average age was 20.6), and thirty yoga asanas were taught during a seven-week section. During the section, subjects was trained 100 minutes and asked to practice twice a week (total 60 minutes). Several physical fitness were tested before and after the section. It was found that there were significant differences on cardiovascular capacity, muscle fitness, flexibility and body composition after the section (p<.01). This study concluded that yoga asanas had a positive effect on health-related physical fitness.