The purpose of the study is to analyze physiques and physical fitness in athletes divided by bodyweight, and to investigate changes of physiques and physical fitness during progressive bodyweight reduction.
The subjects who belong to Korean National...
The purpose of the study is to analyze physiques and physical fitness in athletes divided by bodyweight, and to investigate changes of physiques and physical fitness during progressive bodyweight reduction.
The subjects who belong to Korean National College of Physical Education were 48 wrestlers, 40 boxers, 31 judoists and 32 weightlifters, and whose physiques and physical fitness were measured.
The results based on athletic event divided by bodyweight were summarized as follows ;
1. Characteristics of physiques and physical fitness in each event :
In case of wrestlers, there weresome difference between light weight class and middle weight class in physiques, but muscular strength and power were lower than Japanese national Team in light weight class with physical fitness, and in case of boxer, muscular strength, power and flexibility were increased going up to heavy weight class, but muscular endurance was higher in lightweight class than in heavy weight class. Cardiovascular endureance was decreased going up to heavy weight class.
In case of judists, there was no difference in physiques but power, agility and cardiovascular endurance were lower than Japanese National Team, and muscular endurance and flexibility were shown higher record than Japanese, and there were no difference in physiques and physical fitness factors except muscular strength and muscular endurance in light and middle weight class, and no difference in physiques but cardiopulmonary endurance and flexibility were higher than Japanese, inversely muscular strength was lower than Japanese in heavy weight class.
In case of weightlifters, there was no difference in physiques in all weight class but power, back muscle strength, agility and flexibility were lower than Japanese going up to heavy weight class, flexibility was higher than Japanese but agility was lowered.
2. The patterns of body weight reduction and about abnomal feelings ;
Wrestlers, boxers, judists and weightlifters reducd their bodyweight with 45kg within 9 or 10 days, 7-14 days, 3-4 days and 4-5 days in respectively.
There was little difference among the event, but general tendency was used mixtured method at least 2 ways, and wrestlers were felt boredom and thirsty, boxers were felt fatigued and exhausted, judoists were felt muscle spasm and waistache in repectively with abnormal feelings.
3. The changes of physiques and physical fitness during progressive bodyweight reduction ;
Subcutaneous fat had reduced significantly(p<0.05), but the other tested items were shown that no significant changes during progressive bodyweight reduction. Muscle strength increased up to 3kg of bodyweight reduction and generally physical fitness factors included muscular strength had reduced with 4kg of bodyweight reduction.