Ph.D., Lead Researcher A.O. Akopyan¹
General Secretary of the Russian Boxing Federation U.N. Kremlev¹
Researcher L.A. Kulagina¹
Honored Master of Sports of Russia O.V. Domulajanova^1
1Federal Science Center for Physical Culture and Sport, Moscow

Objective of the study was to develop a training program aimed to increase the levels of functional and physical fitness of top-class boxers.
Methods and structure of the study. The athletes' functional fitness level was rated by testing the functional reserve of training aimed to determine the level of functional fitness of top-class athletes engaged in combat sports. The testing was carried out at the beginning of each centralized training microcycle and enabled to assess the functional status of the boxers and correct their training process in a timely manner if necessary. A total of 20 athletes preparing for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in England were examined. They were subject to more than 80 tests designed to assess the athletes' level of adaptation to training loads.
Results of the study and conclusions. The minimum rates of the functional reserve of training (FRT) at the beginning of the training process (FRT≤20.0±8.2 c.u.) were obtained in the athletes of 4 weight categories. The training programs were adjusted for these athletes, namely, the training load intensity was reduced in the 1st training cycle. The number of overall conditioning tools was increased to 48.8% using running exercises that had a rehabilitative training effect. The training intensity was controlled by changing the strength of the blows when working with the training apparatus and sparring partners. The total number of special and competitive training tools amounted to 37.2% of the total amount of training work.
Such a distribution of the training tools enabled to increase the boxers' functional fitness level to 69.8%, on average.

Keywords: boxing, training, functional reserve of training, overall conditioning tools, special conditioning tools, special and competitive training tools.

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