Health improving of female military personnel by means of kettlebell lifting

The article investigates the influence of kettlebell lifting on the level of women’s health during training in a higher military educational institution. Recently, there has been a significant increase in the number of girls wishing to enter the higher military educational institutions. At the same time, girls’ health levels are insufficient to master military specialties. This makes it important to find effective ways to improve their health during study. The study involved female cadets of 1–2 courses (n=47) of P. Koroliov Zhytomyr Military Institute. Two groups were formed: the experimental (EG, n=21), whose women were engaged in kettlebell lifting training, and the control (CG, n=26), whose women were engaged in the current physical training system. The health study was carried out according to the methodology of Professor G. L. Apanasenko, which is based on anthropometry and the state of the cardiovascular system. The methodology consisted in determining the amount of points for each of the 5 indicators: body  mass index, vital capacity index, power index, Robinson index, heart rate recovery time. It was found that the level of physical health in women who were engaged in kettlebell lifting training was significantly higher at the end of the study than in women who were engaged in the current physical training system. The most pronounced effect of kettlebell lifting was found on the functionality of the cardiorespiratory system, power qualities and stabilization of body weight in EG female cadets. The results of the conducted researches testify to the rather high efficiency of kettlebell lifting in promotion of health of female military personnel during training in higher education institutions. The level of health formed in the first and second years of study will increase the body’s resistance to unfavorable factors of educational activity, improve the efficiency of the performance of duties and the development of military- applied skills in female cadets during senior courses of education.