The impact of strength fitness training on the physical condition of female university students

Abstract

Introduction. Among the main reasons for the deterioration of the health of student youth, scientists see the inefficiency of the modern organisation of physical education in Ukrainian higher education institutions. Recently, the role of physical education as an academic discipline needs to be modernised in accordance with the modern requirements of today. Therefore, in order to improve the quality and organisation of the educational process, the issue of using power fitness means in the system of physical education and sports to improve physical health, physical fitness and increase interest in classes is becoming relevant.

The purpose of the study is to determine the impact of strength fitness training on the physical condition of female students of higher education institutions.

Research methods: theoretical; empirical; questionnaire; pedagogical testing; pedagogical experiment; methods of mathematical statistics.

Results. The study showed that the studied female students, when asked “How do you feel about the use of strength fitness in the physical education curriculum at in higher education institutions?”, showed high appreciation of the introduction of this area by students. Namely: 75.4% of respondents consider the introduction of strength fitness to be positive, 16.4 % of students have a negative attitude, and 8.1% were not able to answer. In the course of our survey, we identified the characteristics of strength fitness that encourage students to engage in this sport. The first factor in terms of importance – 47.1% of the girls surveyed – was that strength fitness allows you to have a beautiful and fit figure; 18.9% of students said it gives you self-confidence; 17.4% said that strength fitness improves overall health and promotes positive emotions; 13.7% said that strength training improves physical fitness; 9.5% of girls said that it is a great way to communicate with friends, and only 6.4% of respondents said that they did not care what sport they were doing, the main thing was to get a credit.

As a result of application of power fitness in physical culture classes during the academic year there was a significant statistically significant (p<0.05–0.01) increase in results of pedagogical tests of physical fitness of applicants of the experimental group. Indicators of girls of the control group had positive dynamics, but did not reach statistically significant differences (p>0.05), except for indicators in the test “tilt of a trunk from a sitting position” (p<0.05).

Conclusions. Thus, the comparative analysis of the data of the experimental and control groups allowed us to assert that the use of power fitness in physical education classes during the academic year had a more effective effect on the indicators of physical fitness of female students of the EG compared to female students of the CG.