W General Command of Armed Forces Types is created a publication dedicated to physical fitness, healthy lifestyle and conditioning for military service. Specialists in sports medicine, dietetics and physical education are working on its content. A guide, supplemented by photos and films, will be available next year.
Exam in 16 DZ, photograph by Radosław Hajn
The thought of preparing a guide was born a fewer months ago in the General Command of Types of Armed Forces. – There are training and diet materials available online, but first there are quite a few them, and second, they frequently come from untested sources. I saw the request to organize information on this subject and to prepare a credible and comprehensive compendium, which will clearly indicate what is right, effective and safe," said Colonel Mirosław Bembnowicz, head of the Physical Education and athletics Branch in DGRSZ, author of the publication.
Practical knowledge
A working squad was commissioned by the commander-in-chief in the General Command, which is liable for the improvement of the "Guidebook of the General Command of the RFA in the field of physical fitness and healthy lifestyle". – The intent of the publication is to advance regular physical activity and a conscious approach to wellness as integral elements of the military service. We want the guide to become a applicable tool supporting soldiers in building strength, resilience and healthy habits for all day – says Colonel Bembnowicz.
The squad included experts not only from the General Command and its subordinate units, but besides representatives Central Military Sports Team Or the Military Institute of Aviation Medicine. Among them are specialists in physical education, nutrition and sports medicine, as well as soldiers and athletes with experience and success on the national and global arenas. Like spit. Mariusz Giżyński, longtime CGM player, winner of 10 CISM planet Championship medals and gold medal Military Sports Games, spit. Tomasz Stasiak of the 12th Mechanized Division, MMA player, or related to the 3rd Fleet Ship Mr Marcin Kołuszuk, Polish evidence holder in overcoming the obstacle track and the Master of Universal athletics 2023. They're not random. Their cognition and practice warrant that the publication will be based on reliable, proven grounds and tailored to the real needs of soldiers," says a DGRSZ officer.
Healthy spine and good habits
The guide will be composed of six chapters. It will cover a wide scope of issues: from individual physical and functional training, through exercises developing endurance and strength, to elements of hand-to-hand combat techniques. It will besides supply applicable tips on maintaining a good shape, taking care of the wellness of the spine, as well as the principles of appropriate nutrition. In the guide there will besides be a section devoted to preparation for military physical education testWho is obliged to pass all professional soldier all year. - It seems easy. In practice, many soldiers inactive do not know how to pull up on the bar decently and effectively or to pass the “run after the envelope”. utilizing the advice of our experts, they will no longer have a problem with it, says Colonel Bembnowicz.
Exam in 16 DZ, photograph Agata Janik
The task is to be ready by the end of the year, and the publication cycle will start in April. It is planned to release 700 copies in paper version and to make the guide available in electronic version. “The publications will be complemented by pictures and instruction films, which we are preparing,” says an officer from DGRSZ.
The first edition of the guide will receive the number 01 and may consequence in subsequent releases. – If this happens, we presume that they will not replace the first version, but will supplement it with fresh content or make existing chapters. The topics concerning e.g. exercises for healthy spines, techniques of hand-to-hand combat and dietary rules are highly extensive, says Colonel Bembnowicz.
Similar guides are successfully utilized in armies specified as the USA or Scandinavian countries. – specified releases, created in subsequent, updated editions, are an crucial part of the training strategy and care for the wellness of soldiers. Their experiences are proof that it is worth investing in modern, applicable and reliable sources of cognition – said Colonel Bembnowicz.
According to the authors' assumptions, the guide is to become a applicable tool supporting regular training, wellness prevention and physical fitness development. But not just that. “I believe that in a broader position the content of this publication will aid build awareness that caring for the body and wellness is the basis of the effectiveness of the modern soldier,” said Colonel Bembnowicz.
