Abstract

GONZALEZ REVUELTA, María Elena; AMARO CHELALA, José Raúl  and  GOMEZ URBINA, Reinaldo. Repercusión de los errores en el entrenamiento sobre la composición corporal y el somatotipo de un grupo de jóvenes que practican natación. Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd [online]. 1998, vol.17, n.3, pp. 200-207. ISSN 1561-3011.

We assessed features of physical development of medicin students group practising swimming, as sport specialty of the subject in Physical Education related to its course of study. In measured indicators, observed trends were evaluated after 8 weeks training, and from outcomes, we deduced efficiency of accomplished training. Group (8 females, 3 males) was part of swinmming team of the school, and several anthropometric measurements were made, from which we determine body composition and somatotype. All study cases shoed low values of body fat percentage, although mesomorphy was proper in the first measurement. After 8 weeks, effect of training brought about different changes and 50 % of females tendend to decreasing its total body weight, mainly at the expense of lean body mass. Behaviour of males, after training, was better than females, since 66 % of cases, improved or keek even features of its physical development in relation to first measurement. Irregularity in training brought about periods of physical overload, with a negative influence on some observed aoutcomes.

Keywords : BODY COMPOSITION; SOMATOTYPES;; SWIMMING [physiology]; EXERCISE; BODY WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; SKINFOD THICKNESS.

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