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Effect of CrossFit Training on Physical Fitness of Kickboxers

Background: Kickboxing is a combat sport that is complex in technique, tactics, and movement structure, and requires an adequate level of motor skills as a foundation for activities during competitions. General physical fitness, defined as the effect of the externalization of motor skills, is the ba...

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Autores principales: Ambroży, Tadeusz, Rydzik, Łukasz, Kwiatkowski, Amadeusz, Spieszny, Michał, Ambroży, Dorota, Rejman, Aneta, Koteja, Agnieszka, Jaszczur-Nowicki, Jarosław, Duda, Henryk, Czarny, Wojciech
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9030818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35457394
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084526
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author Ambroży, Tadeusz
Rydzik, Łukasz
Kwiatkowski, Amadeusz
Spieszny, Michał
Ambroży, Dorota
Rejman, Aneta
Koteja, Agnieszka
Jaszczur-Nowicki, Jarosław
Duda, Henryk
Czarny, Wojciech
author_facet Ambroży, Tadeusz
Rydzik, Łukasz
Kwiatkowski, Amadeusz
Spieszny, Michał
Ambroży, Dorota
Rejman, Aneta
Koteja, Agnieszka
Jaszczur-Nowicki, Jarosław
Duda, Henryk
Czarny, Wojciech
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description Background: Kickboxing is a combat sport that is complex in technique, tactics, and movement structure, and requires an adequate level of motor skills as a foundation for activities during competitions. General physical fitness, defined as the effect of the externalization of motor skills, is the basis for athletic training regardless of the sport. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of modified training based on the principles of CrossFit on the development of general physical fitness in a group of kickboxers compared to a control group. Methods: The study was experimental in nature and was conducted in a group of 60 kickboxers, divided into experimental and control groups. Participants were selected by purposive sampling, and the criteria were training experience, sports skill level (minimum class 1 athletes), and consent to participate in the experiment. The intervention in the study group involved the introduction of CrossFit-based training into a conventional kickboxing training program. General and special physical fitness of the athletes were diagnosed. Results: Statistically significant differences were found in general fitness in terms of abdominal strength (p < 0.001), pull-ups (p < 0.001), dynamometric measurement of handgrip force (p < 0.001) (kg), clap push-ups (p < 0.001), standing long jump (p < 0.001), shuttle run (p < 0.001), sit-and-reach (p < 0.001), and tapping (p < 0.001). Furthermore, changes in special fitness were also demonstrated for the special kickboxing fitness test (SKFT) (p < 0.02), the total number of punches (p < 0.001), punching speed (p < 0.001), and hip turning speed (p < 0.001). There was also a correlation between characteristics of general fitness and special fitness (p < 0.001). Conclusions: The experimental training program based on the principles of CrossFit training had a positive effect on the general and special kickboxing physical fitness.
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spelling pubmed-90308182022-04-23 Effect of CrossFit Training on Physical Fitness of Kickboxers Ambroży, Tadeusz Rydzik, Łukasz Kwiatkowski, Amadeusz Spieszny, Michał Ambroży, Dorota Rejman, Aneta Koteja, Agnieszka Jaszczur-Nowicki, Jarosław Duda, Henryk Czarny, Wojciech Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Kickboxing is a combat sport that is complex in technique, tactics, and movement structure, and requires an adequate level of motor skills as a foundation for activities during competitions. General physical fitness, defined as the effect of the externalization of motor skills, is the basis for athletic training regardless of the sport. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of modified training based on the principles of CrossFit on the development of general physical fitness in a group of kickboxers compared to a control group. Methods: The study was experimental in nature and was conducted in a group of 60 kickboxers, divided into experimental and control groups. Participants were selected by purposive sampling, and the criteria were training experience, sports skill level (minimum class 1 athletes), and consent to participate in the experiment. The intervention in the study group involved the introduction of CrossFit-based training into a conventional kickboxing training program. General and special physical fitness of the athletes were diagnosed. Results: Statistically significant differences were found in general fitness in terms of abdominal strength (p < 0.001), pull-ups (p < 0.001), dynamometric measurement of handgrip force (p < 0.001) (kg), clap push-ups (p < 0.001), standing long jump (p < 0.001), shuttle run (p < 0.001), sit-and-reach (p < 0.001), and tapping (p < 0.001). Furthermore, changes in special fitness were also demonstrated for the special kickboxing fitness test (SKFT) (p < 0.02), the total number of punches (p < 0.001), punching speed (p < 0.001), and hip turning speed (p < 0.001). There was also a correlation between characteristics of general fitness and special fitness (p < 0.001). Conclusions: The experimental training program based on the principles of CrossFit training had a positive effect on the general and special kickboxing physical fitness. MDPI 2022-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9030818/ /pubmed/35457394 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084526 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Koteja, Agnieszka
Jaszczur-Nowicki, Jarosław
Duda, Henryk
Czarny, Wojciech
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35457394
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084526
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