THE EFFECTS OF THE SIX-WEEK TRAINING ON THE INDICATORS OF BODY COMPOSITION AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN ELITE KARATE FIGHTERS
In this study, we investigated whether the six weeks of training leads to differences in the body composition and physiological characteristics in elite karate athletes. On the sample of ten elite karate fighters (average age 21.00±2.58), the members of the senior Macedonian national team, we conducted anthropometric and ergometric. All the participants of the research were male, of an average age of 21.00 ±2.58 years, of medium body height 177.93±7.62 cm and body mass 74.35±8.85kg. After the sixweek training with the national karate team, we observed significant changes in the national team members regarding the body composition. The increase of values is particularly obvious when observing the total body mass, primarily on the raised level of active body components – muscle and bone mass. All of the analyzed physiological parameters have shown statistically significant difference between the first and the second measuring. The values of the heart frequencies have shown the greatest deviations which can be observed throughout the weight load testing. Тhe obtained results are due to the fact that in the mentioned period the athletes had no other physical activity other than a training process, and their age here indicates that the human development curve is going into a stage of stagnation, which means that the natural development factor is negligible.