Health-related physical fitness of adolescents practicing Krav Maga: proposal for a specific test
Objetive: To propose a specific test to assess the physical fitness of Krav Maga (KM) practitioners, determine the correlation of this specific test with other physical fitness tests, and assess the sensibility of this specific test to a KM training protocol. Methods: The participants were 24 adoles...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Sociedade Brasileira de Atividade Física e Saúde (SBAFS) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física & Saúde (Online) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:rbafs.ojs.emnuvens.com.br:article/15327 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://rbafs.org.br/RBAFS/article/view/15327 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Adolescence Physical activity Physical fitness Health Krav Maga Adolescência Atividade física Aptidão física Saúde |
| Resumo: | Objetive: To propose a specific test to assess the physical fitness of Krav Maga (KM) practitioners, determine the correlation of this specific test with other physical fitness tests, and assess the sensibility of this specific test to a KM training protocol. Methods: The participants were 24 adolescents of both sexes (17.0 ± 0.5 years old) who were high school students at a Military College and who underwent a 12-week training protocol, 3 times a week. Flexibility, muscular strength/resistance, and cardiorespiratory fitness were measured to assess health related physical fitness (HRPF), and the Krav Maga Combat Test (KMCT) was proposed to assess the specificity of KM. The t-test was used for dependent samples, while a multiple linear regression model was used to determine how the physical fitness test explains the variance of the KMCT, with all tests adopting a p-value of <0.05. Results: The results showed that 12 weeks of training improved general (p < 0.05) and specific HRPF (KMCTpre = 18.37 ± 4.00 reps; KMCTpost = 30.54 ± 11.03 reps, p < 0.05), and the KMCT showed moderate-strong correlations (0.42 – 0.72) with HRPF, with these variables explaining 49% of the test. Conclusions: It is concluded that the training program proposed in this study is effective in improving the general and specific physical fitness of KM practitioners, and that the KMCT proposed for the modality presented correlation with physical fitness tests and sensitivity to training. |
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