Introduction The evaluation of body composition became a significant concern within the medical supervision program, in the process of physical health improvement and in medical recovery. A major goal of these programs is to control the body fat levels by means of systematically carried out sports training, accompanied by a regular diet. In this context, the present study proposes to develop an intervention model for application in judo. The model will incorporate traditional training elements, as well as current research findings from exercise science. Methods The main direction in the present research consisted of setting the optimum level of body composition specific to the weight categories concerning the active mass-fatty tissue ratio. The research was carried out on the senior sportsmen of the National Judo Team. Subjects were allocated to two groups (one experimental and a witness one), each group included 10 sportsmen, with a relative homogeneity based on the age criterion (20-24 years). The experiment was mainly based on sports training, aimed at developing the sportsman`s physical and psychical capacities to a higher level. Judo is considered a complex, inter-disciplinary process performed in optimal conditions by teams of experts. Sportsmen benefited from three complete medical-sportive examinations and multiple functional tests performed in collaboration with the team doctor. The study collected the following data: physical development and progress evaluation, proportionality indicators, body composition, aerobic and anaerobic effort capacity, Dorgo recovery index. Researchers took into account the organization of the weight category through: individualized training, hygienic-dietary life style (a hypolipidic, normoglucidic and hyperproteic diet), balneo-physio-therapeutic means (sauna, hydrotherapy, massage - twice a week), altitude cures of 3-4 weeks at 1800-2200 m, individual and group psychological training, effortsustaining medication. Based on the data recorded during the six tests undertaken by the experimental team and on the three tests undertaken by the witness team, statistical-mathematical analysis, using statistic processing procedures adapted to the specific nature of the obtained gross data were performed. Statisticalmathematical parameters were calculated for each single test, evaluating weight, fatty tissue, active mass, aerobic and anaerobic capacity, and the muscular indicator both for the experimental and the control groups. Results The improvement of the active mass and the limiting of fatty tissue led to the sportsmen performance improvement, a fact reflected by the results in competition and by the effort test results. A systematic and appropriate physical effort adapted to the sportsman`s effort capacity led to functional changes that became progressive according to the specific nature of the training stimulus. The results obtained by the sportsmen trained within the National Team were superior to those obtained during the period which was prior to its organization and were based on a significant training volume. Conclusions The dynamics of fat tissue evolution provides useful data concerning the process an effects of sports training. It is important to minimize fat due to weight loss in favor of optimum performance.
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