Predrag Milenovic¹, Vladimir Mutavdzic¹

¹Fakultet sporta i fizičkog vaspitanja, Univerziteta u Nišu

FACTOR STRUCTURE OF FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES OF BODYBUILDERS

FAKTORSKA STRUKTURA FUNKCIONALNIH SPOSOBNOSTI BODIBILDERA

Sport Mont 2007, V(12-13-14), 267-272

Abstract

It is evident that researches in the fi eld of kineziology and sports sciences on the topic of body-building here are very rare mainly and probably because of its place in the system of hyerarchy of sports. Lack of interest in body-building and its insuffi cient popularization springs probably, among other things, from its different interpretation and, according to some people, from its ultimate goals which are not justifi ed by many. Others, experts from the fi eld of body-building, starting from the basic principles of its exercising point out its numerous positive characteristics and sides. Undoubtedly, characteristics of functional capabilities of sportspeople are specifi c for each sport or discipline. In body-building the functional sphere is bordered and defi ned by the nature of the sport’s activity itself, as well as by genetics and internal and external factors in a very complex training process of a bodu-builder. The goal of this research was determining the structure of the functional sphere of a body-builder. It was performed on the sample of 30 selected sportsmen, body-builders, of chronological age between 17 and 19 ( 6 months), members of the Sports' Club Strength ''Leskovac'', the Weight Lifters' Club '' Dubočica'' and the Body-building Club '' Dubočica'' from Leskovac. All the examiees have been submitted to training processes during a period longer than a year. For the purpose of determining the structure of the morphological sphere the Factor Analysis has been applied. Based on the data from the matrix of the Factor Structure the isolated factors can be interpreted in the following manner: The fi rst isolated factor in the sphere of applied functional variables is best defi ned by the variable of pulse under stress (FPUOP) and the variable of maximum Oxygen consumption in liters per minute (FOLM). This isolated factor can be defi ned as a dimension of the transportation system of Oxygen. The second isolated factor in the sphere of applied functional variables is best defi ned by the variable of the pulse frequency at rest (FPUMI) and the variable of the pulse frequency during the recover. (FPUOP). This isolated factor can be defi ned as a cardio-vascular dimension. The third isolated factor in the sphere of applied functional variables is best defi ned by the variable of vital lung-capacity in liters (FVKPL) and the variable of maximum consumption of Oxygen (FOML). This isolated factor can be defi ned as respiratory-aerobic dimension

Keywords

Factor structure, functional capabilties, bodybuilders

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