Assessment of the Physical Performance of Qualified
Freestyle Wrestlers Using Functional and Biochemical Tests
Author(s)
А. A. Yuryeva, I. N. Gutnik, L. I. Kolesnikova
Abstract
The analysis of the results of physical performance of qualified freestyle wrestlers in the
preparatory period of the annual training cycle is given. As performance indicators, the functional
test of Rufier-Dixon was used, which reflects the degree of recovery of heart rate after a standard
load, as well as the results of biochemical analyzes for the hormones testosterone and cortisol. Physical performance acts as a criterion for assessing the training and competitive activities of athletes.
Evaluation of the results of dynamic load tolerance in terms of the ability of the cardiovascular system to adapt and recover showed that most of the examined wrestlers have an average working capacity, while the whole range of indicators is determined – from low to high working capacity. It is
noted that changes in the functional state of the organism are somehow reflected in various reactions
of the body's homeostasis, causing the inclusion of complex mechanisms of an adaptive nature. The
values of the performance results of qualified freestyle wrestlers according to the data of biochemical
examinations are presented. An assessment of the state of anabolic processes and the level of fitness
through the values f the main male hormone testosterone showed the absence of an overstrain of
adaptation systems. The level of testosterone in all examined athletes was determined within the
normal range. The levels of cortisol, a hormone that reflects the influence of training stress, were
determined as average for all freestyle wrestlers from the experimental group. In this study, the most
informative was the assessment of the anabolism index, defined as the percentage ratio of serum
testosterone concentration to cortisol concentration. A decrease in the anabolism index below the
established norm is considered as a sign of overtraining. Among the examined qualified freestyle
wrestlers in the preparatory period of the annual training cycle, athletes were identified in a state of
overtraining in terms of the ratio of biochemical parameters - the hormones testosterone and cortisol.
For most wrestlers, the state of overtraining is not defined. Comparison of the results of working
capacity and data of biochemical studies of the examined wrestlers shows that the value of working
capacity and the state of overtraining according to the anabolism index correlate, while the presence
of the state of overtraining corresponds to low and below average values of physical performance
indicators according to the Rufier-Dixon index. The inclusion of biomedical means of restoring
physical performance for qualified freestyle wrestlers in the preparatory period of the annual cycle is
proposed, the importance of the integrated use of functional and biochemical methods for monitoring
the condition of training athletes is confirmed.
About the Authors
Yurieva Alena Andreevna,
Senior Lecturer,
Irkutsk State University,
1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian
Federation,
e-mail: yurevaalena89@gmail.com
Gutnik Igor Nerisovich,
Doctor of Sciences (Biology), Professor,
Head of Department,
Irkutsk State University,
1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003,
Russian Federation,
e-mail: matvbaikal@mail.ru
Kolesnikova Lyubov Ilyinychna,
Academician of RAS, Doctor of Sciences,
(Medicine), Professor,
Irkutsk State University,
1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003,
Russian Federation,
e-mail:iphr@sbamsr.irk.ru
For citation
Yuryeva А.A., Gutnik I.N., Kolesnikova L.I. Assessment of the Physical Performance of Qualified Freestyle Wrestlers Using Functional and Biochemical Tests. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Biology. Ecology, 2022, vol. 40,
pp. 80-85. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3372.2022.40.80 (in Russian)
Keywords
physical performance, freestyle wrestlers, testosterone, cortisol, anabolism index, overtraining.
UDC
612.018+612.34
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3372.2022.40.80
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