Power improvement of male students in the physical education process through powerlifting and kettlebell lifting

The article presents indicators of the powerlifting and kettlebell lifting influence on the power improvement of male students. The analysis of literature sources showed that to increase the level of power readiness, a significant number of students prefer powerlifting, and others - kettlebell lifting. Power exercises promote the development of students' important volitional and physical qualities, readiness for highly productive work; preservation and strengthening of health, maintenance of comprehensive harmonious development; acquiring of the necessary knowledge on the organization of physical education and sports training by young people; the realization of tasks of professionally-applied physical training taking into account features of the future professional activity, and improving skills in sports developing power. The aim of the article is to substantiate and test experimentally the efficiency of powerlifting and kettlebell lifting for the power improvement of male students in the physical education process. It is proved that the use of powerlifting promotes the development of maximum and absolute power, and kettlebell lifting promotes the development of endurance and the improvement of the physical performance of students, which is important for their future professional activity and life activity. The analysis of the physical fitness indicators of students, obtained in the process of a formative pedagogical experiment, convincingly showed the high efficiency of powerlifting and kettlebell lifting for the power development. The students of the experimental group significantly improved the indicators in five tests in physical training Р < 0,05–0,001.