Description of Health Aerobics and Mental Fitness Exercise Package Program Content

Abstract

Novelty of research is to structure classes for various areas of health aerobics and mental fitness that will be held according to separate and combined programs. Tasks of the paper: to reveal the content of health aerobics and mental fitness exercise package program; to present recommendations for combination of different types of exercises; to establish changes in functional status of women under the influence of exercise according to the proposed program. Research methods. Analysis and generalization of literature, assessment of the level of women’s functional status, methods of mathematical statistics. Results of the research. The article deals with the content of health aerobics and mental fitness comprehensive program. Experimental program classes were held during 11 months, three times a week and lasted for 60 minutes. Among a wide variety of programs, the following exercises were used: classical aerobics, dance, floor work, mental fitness, aerobics with elements of martial arts, aerobics in the water, using different equipment and cyclic aerobics types. Mental fitness was used as a separate class, and as part of combined classes. Recommendations concerning a combination of aerobic exercise types, mental fitness and floor work blocks were given. The effectiveness of classes according to the suggested program was proved by positive changes of women functional status standard indexes. Conclusions. 1. Experimental package program health aerobics and mental fitness class consists of two stages (autumn-winter and spring-summer) and includes 11 periods (months) of classes. 2. The effectiveness of experimental program is proved by positive changes in indicators for functional status of women’s cardiovascular and respiratory systems (р < 0,05–0,001).