EFFECT OF PILATES TRAINING ON FASTING BLOOD GLUCUSE, BLOOD PRESSURE AND RESTING HEART RATE OF HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN BODITI SECONDARY SCHOO

Pilates is a conscious approach in exercise, stimulating awareness of body structure, muscle<br> recruitment, and body movement. The purpose of present study was to investigate“Effect of<br> Pilates training on fasting blood glucose,blood pressure and resting heart rate of high school<br> teachers in Boditi secondary school ”. The study employed experimental research design. To<br> achieve the purpose of the study, twenty eight male teachers take part and had assigned<br> randomly in to two equal groups. Both EG (n=14) and CG (14). The experimental group taken<br> eight week Pilates training. Both groups had taken pre and posttest and all subjects participated<br> in physiological variable test: fasting blood glucose was measured by using glucometer, blood<br> pressure by using sphygmomanometer and finally resting heart rate by radial pulse<br> measurement. The data collected from the study subjects was analyzed using SPSS version-25<br> software by paired t-test with the level of significant 0.05 while cohesive d&gt; 0.8 was used to<br> consider practical significance. The results showed Pilates training has significantly improved<br> on fasting blood glucose, blood pressure and resting heart rate in EG (P&lt;0.05). Therefore,<br> Pilates training have an improvement on BG, BP and RHR.