2024, Vol. 11, Issue 6, Part B

The Government of India launched the Fit India Movement to encourage individuals to embrace fitness practices, including yoga and physical exercise, to improve health and well-being. This study aimed to investigate the impact of the Fit India Fitness Protocol (FIFP) on the muscular endurance of college students. To achieve this purpose, a total of 80 male students were selected as subjects randomly from KLE Law College, Bangalore, Karnataka, aged between 18 to 24 years. We divided the participants into four groups: group I followed the physical fitness protocol, group II followed the yoga protocol, group III followed the combined physical fitness and yoga protocol, and group IV served as the control group. All three experimental groups trained five days a week for 12 weeks, while group IV served as the control group, carrying out their daily routines. To determine the significant difference in muscular endurance, we measured the criterion variable of Law College students using the partial curl-up test. We used analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) as a statistical technique to determine the significance of the effect on muscular endurance among the control and intervention groups of college students. We also applied the Bonferoni post-hoc test to determine the significance between the treatment groups. The result indicated significant improvements in muscular endurance for all intervention groups compared to the control group. The combined group showed the most significant improvement in muscular endurance. These findings show that the Fit India Fitness Protocol, particularly when incorporating yoga with physical fitness exercises, was an effective intervention for enhancing muscular endurance and overall health in college students.