PENGARUH TERAPI SEKANDI (SENAM KAMAR MANDI) TERHADAP KEBUGARAN JASMANI PADA INDIVIDU USIA PRODUKTIF

Abstract

Introduction: There is a decrease of interest in doing exercise because of the full activity. So, many people complain about both their physical and psychological health. sekandi therapy (bathroom gymnastic therapy) is a gymnastics exercise with regulation of breathing and pranayama exercises become the foundation of it. The purpose of this study is to know the effect of Sekandi therapy to increase physical fitness in individuals productive age. Method: This research uses quasy experiment desain. The samples are 40 respondents, taken by Pruposive sampling technique, and divided into 2 groups: control group (n = 20) and treatment group (n = 20). Result: The results of the control group without treatment is 70% of the physical fitness therapy in the range of enough category. And in the treatment group, after they aplly sekandi therapy , almost all respondents' physical fitness are in good category achiving 80%. Wilcoxon test result with p value 0,000 < α (0,05) and Mean Whitney with p value 0,025