Comparing of Pilates versus Brittonic Exercises on mental toughness, life expectancy and Memory in Menopausal Women

Exercise, like medicine, causes benefits in the performance and health of the body and mind. The aim of this study was to compare Pilates Versus Britonic Exercises on mental toughness, life expectancy, and memory in Menopausal women in Isfahan.
This study was a semi-experimental type and a three-group research design with three phases: pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. In order to carry out the research, 45 people were purposefully selected among postmenopausal women who were referred to the Isfahan health center and were randomly divided into two experimental groups and one control group. Snyder’s Hope Scale (1991), Wechsler memory scale (1987), and Kobasa mental toughness (1989) questionnaires were used to collect information. Two experimental groups (Pilates training program and Britonic training program) performed the exercises as a group during 24 sessions and according to the purpose of the training program. The data were analyzed with the use of repeated-measures analysis of variance.
The results showed that Pilates and Brittonic exercises were effective in increasing all three variables of mental toughness, life expectancy, and memory (P<0.05). Also, there was no significant difference between these two sports exercises (P<0.05).
Pilates and Brittonic exercises are both effective ways to increase mental toughness, life expectancy, and memory in postmenopausal women.