About the authors:
Tatyana A. Fisher,
Cand. Sci. (Biol.), Researcher, Tyumen Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences (Siberian branch)
Sergey A. Petrov,
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Head of Department of the Reproductive Systems of Cryosphere, Tyumen Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences (Siberian branch)
Evgueniy L. Dotsenko,
Dr. Psychol. Sci., Professor, Head of the Department of General and Social Psychology, Institute of Psychology and Pedagogics, Tyumen State University
Tatyana А. Malyarchuk,
Student, Institute of Psychology and Pedagogics, Tyumen State University
Abstract:
The article is devoted to the evaluation of psychological variables that
characterize successful or not successful swims with high physical, mental and thermal
loads in the winter marathon distance of 101 km and duration of 42.5 hours. Some
changes in emotional state and psychophysical stress were identified at different stages
of the marathon. The participants were divided into groups depending on the experience
of winter swimming. It was found out that people with little experience in winter
swimming (experience from 1 year to 2 years) should avoid high psychophysiological
stress as they have not yet reached the optimum of psychophysiological reactions
to stress. Experience time from 3 to 8 years is most optimal for hard sporting loads
in the winter swimming. Experienced “Polar Bears” (with experience more than 10 years)
should be careful to deal with their psychophysiological resources. They should better
be instructors, supervisors, “on-the-field coaches”, but not the main “fighters”.
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