BAREFOOT WALKING AS A FACTOR OF THE EFFECT OF ATTENUATION OF BODY REACTIONS IN CONDITIONING TRAINING

Abstract

The article investigates the effect of additional physical activity in conditioning training (barefoot walking on grass or snow, instantaneous immersion of the feet in cold water for 2-3 seconds) on recovery processes after running loads.

The purpose of the article is to investigate the peculiarities of the influence of barefoot walking on the human body and the possibility of its use in the practice of conditioning training (on the example of running).

Methods: 33 adults aged 36-50 years participated in the study: men (n=15) and women (n=18) who were engaged in conditioning training. The research was conducted in summer and winter at the stadium. The subjects performed two 800-meter jogging runs (the time to complete the distance was 5-6 minutes). After completion of the distance (in the first version of the race), passive reco­very was carried out in the usual conditions (in sports shoes). In the second variant of the race, active recovery was performed using a 3-second immersion of the feet in cold water, followed by walking barefoot on a grass lawn. In winter, after the race, barefoot walking in the snow was performed.

The scientific novelty consists in a substantiation of possibility of the use of the regulated barefoot walking in summer and winter periods in order to accelerate processes of restoration of reactions of an organism (achievement of the “effect of attenuation” of functions) in conditioning training of people of the second mature age.

Conclusions. Additional use of barefoot walking on a grass lawn with preliminary instant cooling of feet after running accelerates recovery processes which is an effect of attenuation of reactions of an organism, and additional loads themselves are “anti-loads». Under these conditions, there was no significant difference in the manner of the body’s recovery after running in the summer and winter periods of the study.