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The main purpose of the present study was to find out effect of yogic practices and physical exercises on basal metabolic rate and breath- holding time variables of obese adolescents. To achieve the purpose of the study, 45 boys will be selected at random from in and around Tirunelveli, TamilNadu, India. There were age of the subjects are ranged between 13-17 year. The Selected subjects were divided into three equal groups as follows Yogic Practices Group (YPG) underwent practice yoga, Physical Exercises Group (PTG) underwent Physical training and Control Group (CG) did not participate any training. The Yogic Practices Group consists of 15 subjects who undergone the practice of Asanas and Pranayama. The Physical Exercises Group consists of 15 subjects who undergone rhythmic Aerobic exercises. A qualification criterion for the experimental group was some participation in school level sports and games in order to sustain the training process. The post--tests were conducted on the above said dependent variables after a period fourteen weeks. The difference between the pre-test and post test was considered the effect of respective experimental practice. To test the statistical significance ANCOVA was used. In all cases 0.05 levels was fixed to test the hypothesis.