Document Type : Research Paper
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Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.
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Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
Abstract
Background & Purpose: Cross-country running is considered as one of the most exciting and popular series of the endurance running and because of the specific circumstances of this field which helds in the off-road environment, it requires high fitness. Hence, the purpose of the present study was to determine anthropometric and Bio-motor profile of national Cross-Country running team members.
Materials & Methods: The participants were 9 male national Iranian cross-country runners. The age of athletes was 25.4±4.1 years and records 36.55±47 min for the 12 km; All subjects anthropometric characteristics, height, weight, lengths, width, circumference and skin-fold thickness were calculated and bio-motor factors, including VO2MAX, anaerobic power, explosive power, speed, agility, flexibility, maximum heart rate and resting heart rate were assessed and measured with standard methods.
Results: The findings indicated a significant relationship between anthropometric variables, femur length (r=-0.69, p=0.038), anterior-posterior chest width (r=-0.80, p=0.009), chest width (r=-0.82, p=0.006), Mid-axilla skinfold (r=0.75, p=0.019) and Chest circumference (r=0.709, p=0.032). Among the bio motor variables, there were a significant relationship only in resting heart rate (r=0.94, p=0.001) and 10 km record (r=0.62, p=0.05) with competitive performance of cross-country runners. Also, 2.12 minutes difference has been observed between the male's national team record and international average record of runners, which significantly (0.001) indicates that the foreign runners’ records are better than the records of runners inside the country.
Conclusions: According to these findings, the national team cross-country runners’ underperformance refers to their anthropometric characteristics, bio motor factors and the type of training. Therefore, it recommended to coaches, athletes and athletics Federation officials to consider special attention to some of these indicators in formulation of their strategies and planning in order to implement the proper exercises to strengthen and enhancement of developmental factors.
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