Influence of powerlifting on anthropometric and physiometric indicators of men aged 60-79

Relevance. In recent years, the number of veteran athletes participating in various powerlifting nominations has been steadily growing. However, there are no studies devoted to the issue of the influence of this sport on the anthropomet-ric and physiometric indicators of powerlifting veterans. In this regard, the goal was set to identify the influence of systematic powerlifting on the anthropometric andphysiomet-ric indicators of sports veterans of different age categories (60-79years). Research methodology. Powerlifting veterans (experimental group - EG) and their peers (control group - CG) in the following four age categories took part in the annual studies: 60-64 years (EG = 32 and CG = 32 people), 65-69 years (EG = 33 and CG = 32 people), 70-74 (EG = 25 and CG = 26 people), 75-79 years (EG = 17 and CG = 17 people). The veterans of the experimental group trained according to the program of sports training for powerlifters, and their peers from the control group, not participating in competitions, were engaged only in general strength training using dosed weights. Results of the study. The training and competition program for the preparation of veterans of sports aged 60-79 years engaged in powerlifting made it possible to identify the features of the dynamics of anthropometric and physiomet-ric indicators in each of the four age categories in relation to the control group of men, namely - out of the 10 above-mentioned indicators, only three (length, body weight and OGK) did not reveal statistically significant intergroup differences (at p> 0.05), and in the remaining seven cases, reliable differences were observed in favor of veteran powerlifters of the experimental group.