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Table 2 Means and standard deviations for energy and heart rate parameters across all activities

From: Does practicing hatha yoga satisfy recommendations for intensity of physical activity which improves and maintains health and cardiovascular fitness?

Task

Task

Heart Rate (bpm)*

Energy (kcal/min)

VO2(l/kg/min)

METs

%MHR*

Resting

(20 mins)

71.0 (13.0)

1.2 (0.5)

0.3 (0.1)

1.0 (0.3)

38.2 (7.0)

Yoga

Across entire Session (52 mins)

93.2 (25.9)

3.2 (1.1)

0.6 (0.2)

2.5 (0.8)

49.4 (12.2)

 

Sun Salutation (24 mins)

103.5 (25.2)

3.73 (1.01)

0.76 (0.21)

2.9 (0.77)

54.8 (11.8)

 

Non-Sun Salutation Standing Poses (20 mins)

89.7 (23.9)

3.01 (0.810

0.61 (0.16)

2.34 (0.60)

47.3 (10.4)

 

Sitting/Lying poses (8 mins)

72.5 (16.1)

1.93 (0.78)

0.40 (0.18)

1.5 (0.58)

38.7 (8.7)

Treadmill

3.2 kph/Level (6 mins)

97.8 (21.2)

3.1 (0.6)

0.7(0.1)

2.5(0.4)

50.7(8.0)

 

4.8 kph/Level (6 mins)

110.3 (23.1)

4.2 (0.4)

0.9 (0.1)

3.3 (0.4)

58.1 (10.7)

  1. *All subjects (n = 20) performed all activities. However, due to missing values, secondary to technical issues, data from only 18 subjects were included in %MHR calculations. MHR = Maximum predicted heart rate; METs = Metabolic equivalents;