Warm-up and Exercise Methods Applied Before Physical Fitness Level Test in Military / Law Enforcement

Abstract

Purpose: The high level of physical fitness of specialised professions, defined as the guardians of national security, is an important component for mission success. The purpose of this literature review was to examine the quality and effectiveness of applicable exercise movements for effective warm-up prior to military physical fitness testing (AFUT) and law enforcement physical fitness testing (KFUT) and to provide methods that may improve physical fitness test scores. Method: The effects of applicable or generalizable warm-up exercises on the physical performance of military/law enforcement personnel were examined by using the keywords “military”, “law enforcement”, “Physical Fitness Test, ‘’exercise and ’’warm-up” between 2010-2024 in the PubMed database, where literature reviews of randomized controlled trials are indexed in the fields of health and sports sciences. Results: When looking at the studies that met the inclusion criteria, static warm-ups for aerobic endurance mostly increased running times, but the combination of dynamic stretching and dynamic warm-ups gave positive results in other physical fitness performance of the personnel. Conclusion: Selected dynamic warm-up exercise may improve APFT scores, but more research is needed to investigate the effectiveness of dynamic warm-up and dynamic movement drills on military/law enforcement physical fitness outcom.

Keywords

• Physical fitness
• Warm-up
• Exercise
• Law enforcement
• Military

Askeri/Kolluk Kuvvetlerinde Fiziksel Uygunluk Düzeyi Testi Öncesi Uygulanan Isınma ve Egzersiz Yöntemleri

Abstract

Amaç: Ulusal Güvenliğin koruyucuları olarak tanımlanan özel mesleklerin fiziksel uygunluk düzeylerinin yüksek etkinliği görev başarısı için önemli bir unsurdur. Bu derlemenin amacı, askeri fiziksel uygunluk testi (AFUT) ve kolluk fiziksel uygunluk testinden (KFUT) önce etkili ısınma için uygulanabilir egzersiz hareketlerinin, niteliğini ve etkinliğini incelemek ve fiziksel uygunluk test puanlarını artırabilecek olan yöntemleri sunabilmektir. Yöntem: Randomize kontrollü çalışmaların literatür taramaları sağlık ve spor bilimleri alanlarında nitelikli çalışmalarının indekslendiği PubMed veri tabanında, 2010-2024 yılları arasında “askeri“,“kolluk’’,“Fiziksel Yeterlilik Testi (FYT), “egzersiz ve “ısınma’’ anahtar kelimeleri kullanılarak uygulanabilir veya genellenebilir ısınma egzersizlerinin askeri/kolluk personelinin fiziksel performansı üzerindeki etkileri incelenmiştir. Bulgular: Araştırmada, dahil edilme kriterlerine uygun çalışmalara bakıldığında aerobik dayanıklılık için statik ısınma hareketleri daha çok koşu sürelerini artırmıştır, ancak dinamik germe ve dinamik ısınma hareket kombinasyonu personellerin diğer fiziksel uygunluk performansı içinde olumlu sonuçlar vermiştir. Sonuç: Seçilmiş dinamik ısınma egzersizi AFUT ve KFUT skorlarını artırabilir ancak dinamik ısınma ve dinamik hareket drillerinin askeri/kolluk fiziksel uygunluk sonuçlarına olan etkinliğini araştırmak için daha fazla araştırmaya ihtiyaç vardır.

Keywords

• Fiziksel Uygunluk
• Isınma
• Egzersiz
• Kolluk
• Askeri

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