«BEAUTY» fitness program to improve body composition of 16-year-old girls

Abstract

According to the scientific literature, it is known that modern youth uses the «Hot Iron» fitness technique to reduce body weight and develop strength abilities. However, there is not enough research on this technique use in institutions of additional physical education. Research aim: to develop and test the «Beauty» fitness program based on the «Hot Iron» technique for correcting the body composition of girls aged 16 in an institution of additional education. Materials and methods. The research was conducted in Kopeysk (Russia). The project participants were two groups of girls (n=20) aged 16, 4. The annual training program in both groups was 170 hours. In each group, classes were held after school hours 3 times a week for 60 minutes. In the control group, the girls were engaged only in the gym according to the traditional program of additional education. In the experimental group, the girls trained according to the program we proposed, in which the first and third classes were held in the gym, the second lesson was held in the fitness room using the «Hot Iron» power fitness technology. We conducted high-stakes testing of anthropometric, physiometric indicators, general and strength training, calculated BMI and Rufier index. Results. At the end of the research, the girls of the experimental group, compared with the control group, significantly increased the values of biceps circumference of both arms, chest circumference, decreased the values of wrist circumference, hip and waist circumference, body mass index and Ruffier index, increased the values of indicators of all general physical fitness and strength abilities tests, p < 0.05. In the experimental group, the increase in the values of all motor tests was higher than in the control one. Conclusions. The results of the approbation confirmed the effectiveness of the fitness program «Beauty» developed by us for the girls' aged 16 comfortable composition of the body formation.