INCREASING OF AEROBIC FITNESS OF STUDENTS WITH PRECISELY DOSED WORKLOADS

Aerobic physical working capacity (PWC) or aerobic fitness is one of the health indicators that characterize the cardiovascular, respiratory and other systems of the body functional state. Youth and student physical activity levels are very low. 254 students participated in aerobic fitness activities test to find improvement opportunities in aerobic fitness using precisely dosed workloads. The research results show that aerobic fitness is not dependant from physical activities with low intensity. Training program with gradually increasing and varying workload and intensity increases aerobic fitness much more than the program with the same volume, average intensity but homogeny workload. KEYWORDS: Maximal oxygen consumption, aerobic fitness, precisely dosed workload

Health saving strategy as a factor of "society wellness"

The article deals with the problem of reducing the motor activity of a modern man, especially a young man, in connection with scientific and technological progress. The results of the presented study confirm these fears: inactive lifestyle is becoming the norm. The importance of promoting the health saving strategy as one of the factors of successful social and economic development of the society is justified.publishersversionPeer reviewe

Effect of Nordic Walking Activities on Women Body Compositiona Critical Review

Nordic walking (NW) is a particularly health-friendly type of physical activities. Sessions of NW are carried outdoors in “a natural sports hall”. NW with a healthy and biomechanically correct movement evenly employs 600 muscle groups, or 90% of the body muscles. NW is a type of physical activity for developing various biomotor abilities that help in the healthy elimination of overweight. NW activates metabolism and increases energy exchange. Several research have confirmed the positive effects of physical activities for this particular group of patients. Three of the included works of research (Song et al,2013.,Jasinski et al, 2015., Hagner-Derengowska et al, 2015) had a set research quality in the PEDro database, and it corresponded to high quality (6 points out of 10). All included works of research are randomised controlled works of research. The objective of the research is to summarise proof available in sources about the effectiveness of NW in the improvement of health indicators for patients. Research has shown that NW exercise significantly reduces total body fat and is more effective than other forms of physical activity. The results of the study allow to recommend NW as an effective physical activity for improving and maintaining body composition  publishersversionPeer reviewe

Differences in long- and short-term memory performance and brain matter integrity in seniors with different physical activity experience

Due to increasing changes in demographics, maintaining cognitive functioning later in life has become both economic and social concerns, and thus finding a cost-effective solution is one of the priorities in research. Factors like physical and intellectual activities have been associated with better cognitive performance in later life. While several studies have considered the impact of short-term physical activity interventions on cognitive functioning, retrospective research focusing on life-time physical activity experience has been sparse. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between memory performance and whole brain matter integrity in seniors with different regular life-long physical activity experience. Fifty-three Latvian seniors aged 65-85 (M = 72.25, SD = 5.03, 83% female) with no self-reported chronic disease participated in the study. Measures of memory, physical activity and whole brain matter integrity were obtained and analysed. The obtained results indicated no significant relationship between physical activity experience and short and long-term memory and whole brain matter integrity; however, brain matter integrity was significantly correlated with demographic factors like age and education. These results might be related to inadequate physical activity measures, as well as unequal physical activity experience in participants. In the future, more detailed assessment of physical activity experience should be considered