Polyatlon: what is it?

The meaning of the word polyatlon is sport complex all-around, the purpose of which is the development of strength and endurance. Distinctive features of polyatlon - accessibility, focus on recovery and the opportunity to engage in this kind of sport to persons of different interests and age.

General classification

There are two types of polyathlon. Winter polyathlon can be represented by triathlon or biathlon. Further on this will be told in more detail. A summer polyathlon is represented by pentathlon, quadruple, triathlon, biathlon. It is worth noting that the polyatlon, popular in the CIS countries, is gradually becoming an international sport.

Now actively developing polyathlon. What does this give the nation? In it athletes of different ages can manifest themselves - from 12 to 80 years. Polyathlon is interesting and useful not only directly to athletes, but also to all who lead or try to lead an active lifestyle, as well as those who want to try themselves in several sports at the same time.

Cross

Cross in the polyathlon - running at 2000-3000 m in men and 1000-2000 m in women. Running is an integral part of every athlete's training. Cross-country running is one of the most accessible kinds of fizuzrazhneniy, for classes you can choose any park or park. Competitions provide an excellent opportunity to compete with the participants of various sports. By the word "cross" is meant the kind of athletics - a sport running on the rough terrain.

Cycling

Cycling in the polyathlon is very popular. What could be better than riding on your iron horse on rough terrain? Usually bike ride is arranged as the final stage of the polyatlon or the penultimate (before the cross).

Ski race

Polyatlon - what does this mean in this context? This competition is at a distance of 10 km for men and 5 km for women. Skiing around the world is one of the most popular sports in the winter. At the moment there is no more affordable, democratic, so closely related to the nature of a related and so useful sport.

Projectile Throwing

At large polyatlon competitions, the role of the power standard is performed by throwing grenades. This is a military-applied standard, which in Russia has almost a hundred-year history and constitutes an important part of the preparation for military service. During the time, throwing a grenade from a simple applied exercise has grown into a separate sports discipline with its own records and techniques. In the technique of movements of these athletes there are many subtle nuances: in the run-up, the last steps and phases for coordinating the movements of the trunk, the arms of the legs, as throwing the grenade is a rather complex set of exercises.

Swimming: polyatlon

What does this mean? Competitions in the swimming polyathlon are held at a distance of 50 m or 100 m (depending on the rank of the competitions held: the lower, the less swim), the athletes usually compete in a closed classical (25 m long) pool, but sometimes the competitions are held in open water . Sports swimming is a sport in which the goal is to cover a certain distance as quickly as possible, without disturbing the technique of swimming style that is used. Sports swimming emerged at the turn of the XV-XVI centuries. Among the first swimming competitions were competitions of swimmers in Venice in 1515. The first swimming schools arose in the late XVIII - early XIX centuries in Austria, Germany, France, Czechoslovakia. Since the middle of the XIX century, artificial basins began to be built.

Strength Exercises

In polyatlon, strength exercises are well known to all well: for men - pulling on the crossbar, and for women - push-ups from the floor. Pull-ups and push-ups, on the one hand, are not a separate sport, however, on the other hand, they are actively used in the training process of any athlete. The most remarkable thing is that for push-up and pull-up you do not need almost any special sports equipment, that's why these exercises are the most popular among sportsmen.

Sprint

In the polyatlon sprint - running for a short distance of 50-60 m (in closed rooms, depending on the capacity of the hall where the competitions are held) or 100 m (in the warm season at the stadium). 60-meter races, as a rule, pass on straight sections of tracks for running along the perimeter of stadiums. Since the race lasts only a few seconds, the ability to start fast and developed reflexes in this discipline for an athlete is more important than in any other.

Shooting sport: polyatlon

What does this mean? Shooting in polyatlon is carried out from a pneumatic rifle in a 5 cm or 25 cm target from a distance of 10 m, 5 or 10 shots are performed (this depends on the type of competition). Shooting is generally one of the oldest applied sports. He takes his beginning from competitions in shooting from a crossbow and an onion. With the emergence of firearms in the middle of the 14th century, firing competitions appeared in the form in which he is known today: although they shot first from smooth-bore guns, and only after the creation of edged weapons, shooting with bullets acquired the form that has reached our days.

Polyatlon. Federation of all sports

Tables for evaluating the results in the polyatlon provide an opportunity to objectively track the degree of development of physical characteristics and physical fitness, as the results shown are translated into points. Replacing a certain discipline, which is part of the program of the polyathlon, it is possible to track how the improvement of sports results is carried out. Thus, beyond the polyatlon, the future of the health of any nation.