ADAPTATION OF NAVAL PENTATHLON ATHLETES TO PHYSICAL TRAINING
Authors: C. Olaru C. 
Published: September 2024

Rationally planned training leads to adaptation and progress, and irrational planning leads to disruption of the course of adaptation reactions and overwork. For a rational periodization it is very important to identify training concepts based on detailed analysis of fatigue development mechanisms.
Proper planning and execution of training will result in an increase in effort capacity. Adaptation, viewed from a biological point of view, is a complex defense mechanism against the demands caused by environmental changes. This requires an adequate response of the organism to environmental conditions in order to survive under the new conditions. For sports training, adaptation refers to the set of transformations that the athlete's body undergoes in training, in order to develop a superior state of bio-psycho-motor balance, materialized in the easy execution of a task.
Research objectives:

Initial evaluation of subjects;
Development of the training program;
Evaluation of the level of adaptation to physical effort obtained from specific naval pentathlon training;
Development of a training planning model, allowing the improvement of physical effort capacity by means specific to the naval pentathlon.

Methods: The research carried out started from the premise that the appropriate use of training means specific to the naval pentathlon can lead to an improvement of the effort capacity of military students, which fully satisfies their performance needs in fulfilling combat missions arising from the graduate's model. At a preliminary stage of the research, by applying general physical training tests, we obtained an initial assessment of the research subjects. These data were a benchmark in developing the training program and setting effort parameters. The training plan thus designed contains training sessions specific to naval pentathlon trials, adapted to the normal conditions of the naval academy training process.
Results:
The comparative analysis of the results, based on mathematical-statistical and graphical methods, reveals significant increases in performance recorded in the final testing stage.  The dynamics of the results demonstrates a significant evolution of the results of the experimental group carried out during the training program, carried out according to the designed model. This confirms to us the effectiveness of applying the training program.  The statistical results confirm a very good evolution of the results for the general motor tests and for the Ruffier test.
Conclusions: Regular exercise is a particularly important stimulus for adaptation. Sports training, by its specific means, aims to increase the level of performance. In order to achieve this objective, it is necessary to apply a well-defined programme in great detail. Effective training requires constant variability in programming. In addition, in order to maximize the positive transfer of training, the means used in the training lesson should be as close as possible to the characteristics of the effort. Because of this, there is a permanent conflict in training programming, between diversity and specificity. This conflict can only be successfully managed through professional intervention on the part of the coach and involvement of the athlete according to training requirements.