BODY COMPOSITION AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE OF SELECTED COMBAT SPORT ATHLETES

Abstract

Introduction. The level of physical condition as well as the proper body composition of the body nowadays gains special importance in terms of proper psychomotor development of children and adolescents. The aim of this research was knowledge about body tissue composition and selected elements of a healthy lifestyle of combat sports athletes. Materials and methods. The study group consisted of 21 training taekwondo athletes. The age of the respondents was 17-18.5 years, training experience M=5.2 years, body height M=175.05cm and body weight M=71.9. The tool that was used to assess the body composition was the BCA Tanita 545N device and a specially constructed interview questionnaire regarding information on a healthy lifestyle.  Results. the body composition of combat sports athletes, it was found that both partial results and averages are at an adequate level for combat sports athletes to systematic training. Conclusions. It was observed that all individual results of the subjects diagnosed with the BCA Tanita 545 N device are correct and fall within the norms of physically active people, such as people training combat sports. This proves the application of the principles of a healthy lifestyle. We can say that the level of knowledge of taekwondo athletes about a healthy lifestyle is high, because they are able to make a diagnosis, interpret the results and, in the case of values outside the health norm, use a repair algorithm in a professional sense.