ABSTRACT
Cardio respiratory endurance is the ability to exercise the entire body for extended periods of time without undue fatigue. A strong heart is necessary to supply oxygenated blood to the muscles of the body effectively. For the purpose of the study a group of 80 healthy adults were divided in four equals groups. Experimental groups 'A', 'B', 'C' and control group 'D' of 20 subjects each were compared in this study. The purpose of this study was to investigate the response of certain yogic practices and physical exercise programme on cardiorespiratory endurance and to assess their effectiveness as measured by nine minute run -walk test(AAPHER Health related physical ?tness test,1980).The analysis of data revealed that the three experimental groups trained by Exercise, yogic practices and combined exercise and yogic practices, showed signi?cant improvement in performance of Cardiorespiratory endurance but the mean gain achieved by combined exercise and yogic practices groups was higher than the other groups.