Current Problems of Strength Training of the Special Operations Forces
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https://doi.org/10.29038/2220-7481-2024-01-40-46Keywords:
military personnel, strength training, physical load regime, adaptationAbstract
Topicality. The growing requirements for the level of servicemen`s functional capabilities require scientists` and the Armed Forces of Ukraine personnel effective mechanisms development for improving the military strength training. The purpose of the research was to study an issue of the implementing results of modern research on adaptive changes in the conditions of different physical load regimes into the process of military training the special operations forces (SOF). Research methods. A method of theoretical analysis, generalization of scientific literature and a sociological survey method have been used. 25 physical training instructors of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and 84 servicemen of the SOF took part in the study. The key issues have been related to military training. A comparative analysis of the training instructors` and servicemen`s answers with the research results of the leading scientists studying modern mechanisms for improving strength physical capabilities was carried out. Research results. It has been found that the survey results of physical training instructors of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and servicemen of the SOF in issues related to the use of control methods for adaptive changes in the body and load correction mechanisms do not fully correspond to the data presented by current foreign researches. Thus, physiological, morphofunctional and biochemical methods of adaptive changes in the body are actively used in the modern strength training practice of foreign armies, while the Armed Forces of Ukraine are using only the heart rate (HR). In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not use methods of quantitative assessment of force load parameters, which does not allow developing the optimal physical load regimes for each category of servicemen. Conclusions. Based on the conducted research, it can be stated that the instructors and SOF servicemen participated in the survey minimally realize the potential obtained during military training. The absence of a mechanism for optimal physical load regimes, their correction, and integral control of adaptive changes in the body will not allow selectively increase the maximum strength or physical endurance indicators of the relevant muscles necessary for the implementation of military tasks in a short period of time.
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