Authors:

Yuliya A. Postolnik, Moscow Municipal Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: 0000-0003-4053-2784, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dmitriy M. Maltsev, Moscow Municipal Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: 0000-0002-6930-3101, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Ekaterina V. Golova, Moscow Municipal Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: 0000-0002-7221-8987, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Yurij B. Kashenkov, Moscow Psychological-Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: 0000-0003-1048-0725, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract:

Physical upbringing in the system of higher education is included into educational
plans of higher educational establishments in all specialties as a compulsory discipline and is
realized on the basis of a complex program for higher educational establishments. “Physical
culture” as a discipline is directed toward physical abilities of an organism improvement. The
diversity of physical upbringing means helps to use them in order to improve the level of female
students’ physical readiness, to form motor abilities and skills, develop physical qualities and
working capacity. In order to define the effectiveness of physical qualities development we carried
out the research among female students of humanitarian faculties of pedagogical University (30
people). 15 female students formed the experimental group (EG, n=15). In the experimental group
the content of “Physical culture” lessons included the system of “Crossfit” exercises. The control
group included 15 female students (CG, n=15) and studied according to the program using the
means of general physical training. Materials. The article presents the results concerning the
effectiveness of work connected with the use of Crossfit exercises system. It was demonstrated in
female students’ physical readiness increase. Research methods. Information sources analysis
and summarizing, pedagogical experiment, physical readiness testing, methods of statistical
data handling. Results. We revealed the differences in physical readiness level among female
students of the experimental and control groups at the end of experimental work. The female
students, who trained according to the experimental innovative methodology using the system of
Crossfit exercises, significantly exceeded the girls from the control group according to all indices
of physical readiness at the end of the experiment. Conclusion. A modern approach to physical
upbringing process includes the newest system of Crossfit exercises introduction. It is directed
towards all physical qualities development and is reflected in physical readiness increase and
functional abilities optimization. The advantage of Crossfit exercises system is in the ability to
use it for independent trainings and active rest of female students.

Keywords: female students, system of exercises “Crossfit”, physical readiness, “Physical culture” discipline.

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For citation: Yuliya A. Postolnik*, Dmitriy M. Maltsev, Ekaterina V. Golova, Yurij B. Kashenkov. Crossfit as the way of physical readiness improvement effectiveness in female students of a higher educational establishment. Russian Journal of Physical Education and Sport. 2020; 15(4): 47-51. DOI: 10.14526/2070-4798-2020-15-4-55-60