Tykhorskyi O. Improving the training process of highly skilled bodybuilders in the competitive period

Object of study: the training process of highly skilled bodybuilders in the competitive period. Aim of study: to improve the preparation for the competition by using different complexes of exercises for particular muscles groups which provided for the highest evaluation of competitive activity. Research methods: theoretical analysis and summarizing scientific data sources; pedagogical monitoring, questionnaires; anthropometric and physiological methods of researches; pedagogical experiment; methods of mathematical statistics. Scientific novelty of the results is that for the first time: the muscles groups have been defined, which provide for the performance of competitive poses in the bodybuilding on the basis of which the complexes of exercises have been developed, which contribute to these muscles building and further judge's assessment; the grounds for the structure of the competition period have been provided that included two competitive mesocycles, competition in the first one being a trial and in the second cycle the major one; the peculiarities of changing anthropometric performance and physical preparedness of highly skilled bodybuilders during competitive period have been defined; the correlation between circumference of muscles groups and performance of different exercises in competitive period has been determined including: the circumference of chest with bench press and pulling up; the circumference of thigh and calve with squat, dead lift and long jump; the circumference of arm with dead lift, military press, bent arm with barbell, bench press narrow grip and push ups; the most rational distribution of nutrients of highly skilled bodybuilders during preparation for the competition has been defined, which depended on the microcycle and provided implementation defined workload. Results of the study were implemented in Kharkiv federation of bodybuilding (Kharkiv), Poltava federation of bodybuilding (Kremenchuh), Kharkiv federation of powerlifting (Kharkiv), studying process of weightlifting department KSAFK. Field - education.