Precompetitive strength training of women in early adulthood participating in bikini fitness competitions

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Associate Professor T. M. Lebedikhina1
PhD, Associate Professor I. V. Yerkomayshvili1
Senior teacher V.A. Filippova1
Undergraduate M.V. Hoffman1
1Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg

Objective of the study was to substantiate and develop a method of precompetitive strength training of bikini fitness competitors in their early adulthood.
Methods and structure of the study. The experiment was conducted for 7 months on the basis of the fitness club "Powerhouse Gym", Yekaterinburg, and involved the 20-35 year-old females, who were split into 2 groups: Experimental (EG) and Control (CG) ones, 8 women each. The homogeneity of the selected groups was defined based on the subjects’ physical development and physical fitness rates. The authors determined the morphofunctional and psychological characteristics of the male and female bodies and concluded on the need for planning the training loads for women involved in fitness bikini practices in view of their biological characteristics. The essence of the developed methodology was that the training program for the female athletes of both groups was designed so that to correspond to the precompetitive training mesocycle: hypertrophy, strength training, "ripping". However, for the EG females, additional adjustments to the training process were made during the periods of strength development and hypertrophy taking into account the ovarian menstrual cycle phases and dietary habits.
Results of the study and conclusions. The analysis of the strength tests results and questionnaire survey findings proved the effectiveness of the developed method of strength training of women in the in the early adulthood in the precompetitive period.

Keywords: fitness bikini, strength training, training planning, precompetitive period, ovarian-menstrual cycle, diet.

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