PhD E.A. Zyurin¹
E.N. Petruk^1
1Federal Scientific Center for Physical Culture and Sports, Moscow

Corresponding author: fizkult@teoriya.ru

Abstract

Objective of the study was to rate and analyze the gender- and age-specific physical fitness and functionality prior to and by the GTO Complex tests.

Methods and structure of the study. The physical fitness and functionality tests prior to and under the GTO Complex service included the R.M. Bayevsky adaptability tests [1]. We sampled for the tests the 25-plus year-olds (n=451, including 257 women and 194 men).

Results and conclusion. The age- and gender-specific GTO Complex tests were found increasingly challenging for the 40-plus-year-olds due to the physical adaptability sags and poorer physical fitness and working capacity hampering active physical education and sports practices. The test data and analyses demonstrated the need for the GTO Complex test standards being updated on a more age- and gender-sensitive basis.

Keywords: cardiovascular system, adult population, men, women, GTO Complex, GTO tests, adaptability.

Background. The national health policies including those set by the National Demography Project – that requires the habitual physical education and sports service covering 70% of the nation al population by the project deadline – give a special priority to the grassroots physical education and sports initiatives for adults [2].

Objective of the study was to rate and analyze the gender- and age-specific physical fitness and functionality prior to and by the GTO Complex tests.

Methods and structure of the study. The physical fitness and functionality tests prior to and under the GTO Complex service included the R.M. Bayevsky adaptability tests [1]. We sampled for the tests the 25-plus year-olds (n=451, including 257 women and 194 men).

Results and discussion. The tests found the 25-29 year-olds in both gender groups fit for physical education and sports without restrictions and qualified them with Health Group 1 as well-adaptable to physical stress. The 30-39 year-olds were tested still mostly high on the functionality scale, with 67% and 33% qualified with Health Groups 1 and 2, respectively, as fairly adaptable to physical stressors. The 40-44 year-old women were tested with a higher cardiovascular system adaptability, with 74% and 26% qualified with Health Groups 1 and 2, respectively; versus their male peers grouped virtually even.

The 45-plus-year-olds were tested with expressly growing dysfunctions and lowering physical education and sports fitness and qualified with Health Groups 2 and 3 due to the physical adaptability issues. Thus 18%, 46% and 36% of the 45-49 year-olds in the both gender groups were qualified with Health Groups 1, 2 and 3. Note that only 10% and 90% of the 65-plus-year-old men qualified with Health Groups 2 and 3, respectively; versus 6% and 94% in the peer women’s group.

Conclusion. The age- and gender-specific GTO Complex tests were found increasingly challenging for the 40-plus-year-olds due to the physical adaptability sags and poorer physical fitness and working capacity hampering active physical education and sports practices. The test data and analyses demonstrated the need for the GTO Complex test standards being updated on a more age- and gender-sensitive basis.

References

1. Aghajanyan N.A., Bayevskiy R.M., Berseneva A.P. Adaptation problems and health doctrine. Moscow: RUPF publ., 2006. 284 p.
2. National project "Demography". Available at: https://mintrud.gov.ru/uploads/editor/e4/60/НП%20Демография.pdf (date of access: 01.06.2021).