The possibility of increasing cadets’ physical fitness level of the educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia with the help of optimal training effects via crossfit

Abstract

Actually, the studies indicate a negative decline dynamics of the main indicators of the physical development and health of the modern young people receiving higher education. In our studies, it was found that the existing physical training programs are not able to provide the optimal level of functional readiness of the military students and officers of the military universities as needed to perform the professional tasks. Moreover, the purpose of research is the search for the optimal training effects aimed at increasing the military students’ level of physical and functional training at the universities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The participants of the research were the young men (17-18 years old) and they were the cadets of the 1st course of a higher education institution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (n=28). All cadets had no medical contraindications and had similar indicators of the physical development. The duration of the study – 5 weeks. During this time, the cadets of the experimental group were using the burpee exercises during the physical training classes. It should be noted that the method of using burpee included a systematic reduction in the intervals of recovery time between the exercises. Fortunately, to assess indicators dynamics of the young men, the tests were used that characterize the physical fitness level of the young people. The data statistical analysis was performed using the Mann–Whitney U–test. The test results show a significant (P<0,05) advantage of the development level of the strength, speed-strength and functional abilities among the cadets of the experimental group. Indeed, it was revealed that the method of optimal training effects proposed by the authors contributes to a reliable (P<0,05) increase of some indicators of the physical development level of the young people in a relatively short (4-5 weeks) time interval