Body weight composition and physical fitness of 17-18-year-old agricultural university students with different motor activity amounts

¹ Samara State Agrarian University, 446442, Samara, Russia
² Institute of Developmental Physiology of the Russian Academy of Education, 119121, Moscow, Russia
³ Moscow State Linguistic University, 119034, Moscow, Russia

^* Corresponding author: blinkovsn@mail.ru

Abstract

The article presents the comparative analysis results of body weight composition and physical fitness of 17-18-year-old students who are engaged in sports and not engaged in sports. Students with a higher volume of physical activity have a higher content of active cell mass, water in the body (by 1.62 % and 3.31%, respectively), a lower body mass index, and the content of total and visceral fat (by 1.59%, 4.98% and 1.44%, respectively). There is a high correlation with a higher level of physical fitness. For all seven motor tests that characterize the development of basic conditioning and coordination abilities, the indicators of athletes are higher. In general, 27.2 % of female athletes have an above-average level of physical fitness, the average level was found in 54.45 % and below the average in 18.18 %. It is significantly higher than the same indicators for non-sports students.