The dissertation work presents an attempt to solve the urgent question of a varied approach in the process of aqua fitness classes with women of the first period of a mature age with different body types.
This paper proposes the use of tools of aqua fitness, which are used taking into account the periods of implementation, stages of health and fitness process and mesocycles, amplitude, equipment, alternation of starting positions, water depth, rest intervals, heart rate gradations, depending on women’s body type and indicators of their body mass index.
In the introduction, the relevance of the problem is substantiated; the object, the subject of research, tasks and methods of research are defined, the scientific newness, the practical significance of the obtained results and the author's special contribution to the scientific works published in co-authorship are revealed; the approbation of research results and the number of publications on the topic of the dissertation are reflected.
The practical significance consists in the development and implementation into the practice of fitness clubs of a program of health-improving classes using a varied approach in the process of aqua fitness with women of the first period of a mature age, the orientation and content of which is determined in accordance with the characteristics of the women’s body types and the indicators of their body mass index.
Analysis of anthropometric characteristics of 60 examined women of the first period of a mature age has revealed that the body mass index in 56.7% of women was within normal limits, in 23.3% overweight was determined, in 14% - obesity of I-II degrees and in 5 % - bodyweight deficit.
Also, the assessment of the proportionality of the girth dimensions has revealed an index of proportionality within the norm in 58.45% of women in terms indicators of buttock girth, in 51.77% - in terms indicators of waist and hip girth, 41.75% of women had proportional size in shoulder girth. In 86.84% of women in terms indicators of breast girth, the index of proportionality corresponded to the indicators of the participants in beauty contests. No women with fully proportional body types were found. It was determined that 28.2% of women needed an individual increase in shoulder girth. A decrease in the circumference of the waist due to a decrease in the amount of adipose tissue was required by 21.5% of women, buttocks - 6.7%, hips - 21.5%.
Methodical recommendations are given on the peculiarities of aqua fitness classes in "deep" and "medium" water according to the women’s body types and on the basis of differences in the use of equipment, heart rate gradations, range of motion, number of repetitions, initial body positions, rest intervals, features of the perception of the aquatic environment by women with different body types and indicators of their body mass index.
A comparative analysis of anthropometric and girth indicators of women of the first period of a mature age, who did aqua fitness using a varied approach,was conducted. The presence of a gradual cumulative effect from its implementation in the process of aqua fitness classes with women of the first period of a mature age with different body types was revealed, which indicates its effectiveness.
Individual results of the waist, stomach, buttocks, hips girth and girth indices at the end of the comparative pedagogical experiment indicated the absence of obesity in women of the first period of a mature age and their own results for the most part are within physiological norms.
As a result of the research, three groups of data were obtained which confirm, supplement and expand the already existing developments and also completely new researched results.
