Effect of training methods on soldiers' endurance / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore an appropriate training method to quickly improve the soldiers' aerobic endurance capacity and decrease the incidence of military training injuries for combat troops. Methods Two hundred and forty-eight recruits (males,Hanzu) from infantry without previous history of military training were involved in the present study,and they were divided averagely into experimental group and control group (124 each). Intensified endurance training designed with the theory of "cyclic training" was applied in experimental group,and routine training method was applied in control group including mainly 5000 meters running (no more than once a day,3 times a week). The resting pulse,vital capacity,maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) and the performance of 5000m running were determined before and after eight-week-training as endurance capacity indices. Physical examination was performed to count the cases of military training injuries including calf swelling and tenderness,knee swelling and pain,and low back pain,and then the incidence of military training injuries was calculated. Results In the experimental group,the resting pulse decreased by 8.0%,while the vital capacity,VO2max and 5000m running performance elevated by 8.1%,20.0% and 14.7% respectively after training,which were significantly different in comparison with that before training and of control group (P