Long-term Monitoring of Physical Fitness of Soldiers from a Specialized Part of the Czech Armed Forces Cover Image

Dlouhodobé monitorování tělesné zdatnosti vojáků specializované součásti Armády České republiky
Long-term Monitoring of Physical Fitness of Soldiers from a Specialized Part of the Czech Armed Forces

Author(s): Jan Zemánek, Miroslava Přidalová
Subject(s): Education, Source Material
Published by: Univerzita obrany - Centrum bezpečnostních a vojenskostrategických studií
Keywords: Physical Activity; Examination of Physical Fitness; Military Physical Education.

Summary/Abstract: This study deals with long-term monitoring of physical fitness of soldiers, namely members of the 31st Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Regiment in order to determine whether the annual fitness test has rising trend, or in another words, whether the military service physical training process is fittingly effective. The study was carried out by comparing the assessment of physical fitness each year 2012-2019. The monitored group consisted of 316 professional soldiers, who participated in this assessment regularly, without interruption in the same disciplines.Due to the managed long-term military physical training process, overall improvement in the strength and endurance disciplines throughout the monitoring period took place.Based on the acquired data, it may be stated that the annual testing showed rising trend and thus the efficiency of the in-service physical training process proved to be good and appropriate.

  • Issue Year: 30/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 67-82
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Czech
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