This thesis project reconsiders the purpose and effectiveness of public, free-to-use outdoor gyms, resulting in the Health Loop nine-station outdoor gym. The project identifies three key areas of failings in existing gyms: intimidation, lack of understanding, and lack of enjoyment.The design solution creates a gym which focuses firstly on providing a comfortable, appealing, approachable space and equipment. This is achieved through simplicity, a non-sporting atmosphere, and targeting the workout to relatively inactive people. The second key focus is on quick-to-understand, engaging, enjoyable workout routines for each station. This aspect is delivered through an interactive digital display and sensors to provide gamified routines and feedback.

The diploma thesis deals with the management of the construction of street workout playground in the town of Bojnice. The theoretical part defines the basic concepts of public administration, construction company and communication. The practical part consists of verifying the validity of the five hypotheses by means of a questionnaire, selecting a suitable land and a specific place for future construction, analyzing the Czech and Slovak market with companies dealing with the construction of street workout playgrounds, analyzing the necessary legislation, my own street workout design and comparing three bids from specific businesses. The result of the thesis is a comprehensive background for the management of the town of Bojnice, which will serve to define the funds for this project.

Class of 2015 Abstract / Objectives: The purpose of this review was to determine the safety of various pre-workout supplements that utilize proprietary blends in comparison with some of the most common individual ingredients; caffeine, creatine, and B-alanine. We hypothesized that there will be a greater number of adverse events reported for proprietary products than for the individual active ingredients. Additionally, we also wanted to look at the efficacy of the same aforementioned products. We hypothesized that there would be no statistically significant differences in performance between the two arms. Methods: Four databases were searched for subjects that were 18-35 years of age that were already physically active. The number of participants included in each trial ranged from 6 to 98. Results: Caffeine was the only individual compound that affected health markers, increasing mean arterial pressure (MAP) (P<0.05), and HR in 2 of the 3 studies (P<0.05) significantly. Both caffeine and creatine showed a benefit in maximal exertion, but only caffeine improved endurance at doses of 3mg/kg (P<0.05). Proprietary blends did not show a benefit, but serious adverse events such as liver failure were reported. Conclusions: Individually caffeine, creatine, and B-alanine all look to be safe at the recommended doses in healthy and active individuals, with caffeine and creatine benefitting performance. Pre-workout blends should be safe in theory, but due to the unregulated nature of the supplement industry there are a number of serious adverse events that occur. Untested amphetamine-like compounds seem to be the most common addition, with contamination of other ingredients such as anti-depressants occurring as well.

GPS technologies are more and more useful in sports today. Trainers can view athletic workout. There are many types of equipment that show how fast does sportsman move. So it’s very important to know if their parameters are enough accurate. That’s why these data must be analyzed. The main object about viewing athlete’s results is to get distance and moving speed. These two parameters can be shown from GPS data. To get distance from GPS parameters we need to use mathematical methods and carry out tests in various places. GPS speed parameter must be checked with standard and accurate device. This will be done with real bicycle speed. The analysis of athletic training methods must be also made.

This diploma thesis deals with the design of a new marketing strategy for the Brno gym Velký Průvan. Based on theoretical knowledge, an analysis of the current state and the state of competition is prepared, which is the basis of the design part, which focuses on the modification of the current product due to the global pandemic, new PPC advertising and marketing on social networks. These changes should increase the competitiveness and, ultimately, the gym's sales.

Pre-workout(PWO) är idag ett välkänt fenomen som med ökat användande varje år. I denna studie testas preworkout-preparatet Rampage™ som är ett av Sveriges mest använda preparat. Det finns för få studier som testar preworkout-preparat i samband med muskulär uthållighet och vår hypotes är att det är där pre-workout har som störst effekt. Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka hur Rampage™ påverkar muskulär uthållighet hos män i åldern 18 och uppåt. För att undersöka detta har ett experiment med dubbelblind crossover-design skapats, där 13 deltagare efter behandling av antingen placebo eller Rampage™, blivit utsatta för tre set knäböj, tre set armhävningar och tre set sit-ups var. Antalet repetitioner som utfördes användes sedan till statistisk analys och resultatet visade ingen signifikant skillnad mellan grupperna(p=0,858). Det finns några orsaker till varför det kan vara såhär och det finns anledning att fortsätta forska om det här specifikt. Vår hypotes att pre-workout påverkar muskulär uthållighet är fortfarande under prövning. / Pre-workout supplementation is today a well-known phenomenon ever increasing in popularity every year. In this study, we investigate Rampage™; a popular product in Sweden. There’s too few studies that investigate the link between pre-workout and strength training to failure and we believe that is where pre-workout is most effective. The aim of this study is to research Rampage’s™ effects on muscular endurance in male participants above the age group of 18. To do this a double-blind cross-over design has been applied to 13 participants who, unknowingly, either ingest a placebo or the actual pre-workout in order to do three sets of squats, three sets of push-ups and three sets of sit-ups. When they couldn’t perform one more repetition the set was concluded. The number of repetitions was later used for statistical analysis and we found no significance between the groups (p=0,858). There are some reasons this might be the case, and we believe this could be investigated further, although our hypothesis remains unproven.

The main topic of this thesis is to map and assess the impact of CrossFit workout on rowers performance. Next is comparison of rowers who practice CrossFit workout and who not, and both fitness and the technical side. In the theoretical part is mentioned characterics of rowing, rowing disciplines, categories, rowing tracks and means of rowers. Other chapters deal with plyometric training, CrossFit and sports training. There are mentioned means of CrossFit workout and exercises suitable for rowers. The practical part characterized rowers which are monitored and compared, followed by a comparison and evaluation of the results. Key words Rowing, rower, CrossFit, workout, ergometer, strength, condition, technique

In Sweden, all banks must report their regulatory capital in their reports to the market and their models for calculating this capital must be approved by the financial authority, Finansinspektionen. The regulatory capital is the capital that a bank has to hold as a security for credit risk and this capital should serve as a buffer if they would loose unexpected amounts of money in their lending business. Loss-Given-Default (LGD) is one of the main drivers of the regulatory capital and the minimum required capital is highly sensitive to the reported LGD. Workout LGD is based on the discounted future cash flows obtained from defaulted customers. The main issue with workout LGD is the incomplete workouts, which in turn results in two problems for banks when they calculate their workout LGD. A bank either has to wait for the workout period to end, in which some cases take several years, or to exclude or make rough assumptions about those incomplete workouts in their calculations. In this study the idea from Survival analysis (SA) methods has been used to solve these problems. The mostly used SA model, the Cox proportional hazards model (Cox model), has been applied to investigate the effect of covariates on the length of survival for a monetary unit. The considered covariates are Country of booking, Secured/Unsecured, Collateral code, Loan-To-Value, Industry code, Exposure-At- Default and Multi-collateral. The data sample was first split into 80 % training sample and 20 % test sample. The applied Cox model was based on the training sample and then validated with the test sample through interpretation of the Kaplan-Meier survival curves for risk groups created from the prognostic index (PI). The results show that the model correctly rank the expected LGD for new customers but is not always able to distinguish the difference between risk groups. With the results presented in the study, Nordea can get an expected LGD for newly defaulted customers, given the customers’ information on the considered covariates in this study. They can also get a clear picture of what factors that drive a low respectively high LGD. / I Sverige måste alla banker rapportera sitt lagstadgade kapital i deras rapporter till marknaden och modellerna för att beräkna detta kapital måste vara godkända av den finansiella myndigheten, Finansinspektionen. Det lagstadgade kapitalet är det kapital som en bank måste hålla som en säkerhet för kreditrisk och den agerar som en buffert om banken skulle förlora oväntade summor pengar i deras utlåningsverksamhet. Loss- Given-Default (LGD) är en av de främsta faktorerna i det lagstadgade kapitalet och kravet på det minimala kapitalet är mycket känsligt för det rapporterade LGD. Workout LGD är baserat på diskonteringen av framtida kassaflöden från kunder som gått i default. Det huvudsakliga problemet med workout LGD är ofullständiga workouts, vilket i sin tur resulterar i två problem för banker när de ska beräkna workout LGD. Banken måste antingen vänta på att workout-perioden ska ta slut, vilket i vissa fall kan ta upp till flera år, eller så får banken exkludera eller göra grova antaganden om dessa ofullständiga workouts i sina beräkningar. I den här studien har idén från Survival analysis (SA) metoder använts för att lösa dessa problem. Den mest använda SA modellen, Cox proportional hazards model (Cox model), har applicerats för att undersöka effekten av kovariat på livslängden hos en monetär enhet. De undersökta kovariaten var Land, Säkrat/Osäkrat, Kollateral-kod, Loan-To-Value, Industri-kod Exposure-At-Default och Multipla-kollateral. Dataurvalet uppdelades först i 80 % träningsurval och 20 % testurval. Den applicerade Cox modellen baserades på träningsurvalet och validerades på testurvalet genom tolkning av Kaplan-Meier överlevnadskurvor för riskgrupperna skapade från prognosindexet (PI). Med de presenterade resultaten kan Nordea beräkna ett förväntat LGD för nya kunder i default, givet informationen i den här studiens undersökta kovariat. Nordea kan också få en klar bild över vilka faktorer som driver ett lågt respektive högt LGD.

Intresset för styrketräning och användandet av kosttillskott har ökat de senaste åren. Försäljningen av prestationshöjande produkter har ökat markant. Produkterna inom kategorin prestationshöjande preparat innehåller ofta blandningar av ämnen som koffein, kreatin och beta-ananin. Produkter som Craze, Bliss och Jacked Power är prestationshöjande preparat som förbjudits på marknaden efter analyser som visat att produkterna innehåller amfetaminliknande substanser.Syftet med studien är att undersöka några av orsakerna till användandet av pre-workout preparat hos styrketränande individer. Undersökningen utgår ifrån variablerna ålder, kön, huvudsakliga informationskälla samt utbildningsnivå.I vilken utsträckning brukas pre-workout preparat av styrketränande individer?Påverkas valet av bruk av individernas huvudsakliga informationskälla samt utbildningsnivå?Studien bygger på en kvantitativ ansats i form av en enkätstudie med 101 insamlade enkäter.Analysen av enkäterna genomfördes i statistik programmet SPSS, där Chi-två-test samt Envägs-ANOVA genomfördes. Resultatet visar att 51,5% av samtliga 101 respondenter använder någon form avvänder pre-workout preparat. Studien visar att skillnaden mellan män (51,7%) och kvinnor (51.2%) är minimal. Inom variabeln ålder visar resultatet inte på någon signifikant skillnad mellan de olika grupperna.Resultatet av variabeln utbildningsnivå visar att gruppen högutbildade stod för ett signifikant lägre bruk av pre-workout preparat än lågutbildade. Av de högutbildade respondenterna är det 41,2% som använde någon form av pre-workout preparat. För gruppen lågutbildade är siffran 62,0%.Inom variabeln informationskälla visar resultatet på signifikant skillnad mellan grupperna. De respondenter som valt alternativet vetenskaplig litteratur, brukar pre-workout preparat till 34,1%. Av dem som använder pre-workout producenternas marknadsföring som huvudsaklig informationskälla, använder 68,2% något av dessa preparat.

INTRODUÇÃO: No treinamento combinado (TC), a realização do treinamento aeróbio (TA) pode reduzir os ganhos de força e/ou potência decorrentes do treinamento de força (TF) quando ambos são realizados simultaneamente (efeito da interferência). O tipo de exercício aeróbio do TC tem sido investigado como possível fator determinante do efeito da interferência, porém não se sabe os efeitos do TC de força e natação na força muscular (FM). OBJETIVO: Analisar os efeitos do TF, treinamento de natação (TN) e TC de força e natação nas adaptações de FM, cardiorrespiratórias e desempenho de nado em adultos. MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: 38 sujeitos de ambos os sexos foram randomicamente divididos nas condições TF (n=13; 29,5 ± 10,5 anos), TN (n=14; 30,71 ± 9,38 anos) e TC (n=11; 34,5 ± 9,8 anos). Destes, 14 participantes (29,2 ± 8,6 anos) realizaram um período controle (CON) de quatro semanas, previamente ao início do treinamento. O treinamento foi realizado três vezes por semana, durante 12 semanas. As avaliações da FM, aptidão cardiorrespiratória e desempenho de nado foram realizadas antes da condição CON (PRÉ-4), após condição CON/antes do treinamento (PRÉ0) e após treinamento (PÓS). As cargas do TF e volumes do TN entre os mesociclos de treinamento também foram comparados. Para a análise estatística foram utilizados procedimentos descritivos (média e desvio padrão) e teste de modelos mistos generalizados (GMM). RESULTADOS: Foi observado aumento significante (p<0,05) em todas as condições, sem diferença entre elas, para as variáveis de força dinâmica máxima (RM) de extensão de joelho (FMEJ), de extensão de cotovelo (FMEC) e resistência muscular localizada (RML) de extensão de cotovelos (RMLEC). Para as variáveis de RMLEJ e RM de extensão de ombro (FMEO) o aumento ocorreu apenas nas condições TF e TC, enquanto que a RML de extensão de ombro (RMLEO) só aumentou para o TN. Para a força isométrica, somente a força isométrica máxima de extensão de ombro, amentou significativamente nas condições TF e TC. A potência máxima em cicloergômetro aumentou apenas para o TF. As demais variáveis cardiorrespiratórias não se modificaram, com nenhum dos tipos de treinamento. Os tempos diminuíram e as velocidades de nado aumentaram em todas as distâncias, bem como a frequência de braçada (FB) nos 50 e 100 m e o índice de nado (IN) em 25 m aumentaram significativamente (p<0,05) para TC e TN, sem diferença entre as condições e nos 100 m o aumento ocorreu somente para o TC. Tanto no TN quanto no TF houve aumento significativo (p<0,05) dos volumes e cargas, respectivamente, entre os mesociclos, sem diferença entre as condições. CONCLUSÕES: Não há efeito da interferência nos ganhos de FM com o TC de força e natação. As variáveis cardiorrespiratórias não foram influenciadas por nenhum dos tipos de treino, porém aspectos relacionados à especificidade da medida podem ter afetado os resultados. A realização do TF associado a um TN parece não melhorar o desempenho de nado quando comparado ao TN isolado, em indivíduos adultos previamente destreinados. / INTRODUCTION: In combined training (CT), aerobic training (AT) can reduce strength and/or power gains resulting from strength training (ST) when both are simultaneously performed (interference effect). The type of aerobic exercise of the CT has been investigated as a possible determining factor of the interference effect, however the effects of the combined strength and swimming training on muscle strength (MS) are not known. OBJECTIVE: To analyze ST, swimming training (SW) and combined strength and swimming training effects on MS, cardiorespiratory and swimming performance adaptations in adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 38 subjects of both sexes were randomly divided into ST (n=13; 29.5 ± 10.5 years old), SW (n=14; 30.71 ± 9.38 years old) and CT (n=11; 34.5 ± 9.8 years old) conditions. Of them, 14 participants (29.2 ± 8.6 years old) performed a control period (COM) of four weeks, previously to the beginning of the training. The training was performed three times a week during 12 weeks. MS, cardiorespiratory fitness and swimming performance assessments were performed before CON condition (PRE-4), after CON condition/before training (PRE0) and after training (POST). ST loads and SW volumes between the training mesocycles were also compared. For statistical analysis, descriptive procedures (mean and standard deviation) and generalized mixed models (GMM) were used. RESULTS: a significant increase in all conditions were observed (p<0.05), without difference between them, for maximal dynamic strength (RM) of knee extension (RMKE), elbow extension (RMEE) and local muscular resistance (LMR) of elbow extension (LMREE) outcomes. For LMRKE and RM of shoulder extension (RMSE) outcomes, the increase only occurred in ST and CT conditions, whereas LMR of knee extension (LMRKE) only increased for SW. For isometric strength, only maximal isometric strength of knee extension significantly increased in ST and CT conditions. Maximal power in cycle ergometer only increased for ST. The other cardiorespiratory variables were not modified, with none of the training types. Swimming times decreased and swimming speeds increased in all distances, as well as stroke frequency (SF) in 50 and 100 m and index of swimming (IS) in 25 m significantly increased (p<0.05) for CT and SW, without difference between conditions, and in 100 m the increase only occurred for CT. In both SW and ST there was a significant increase (p<0.05) of the volumes and loads, respectively, between the mesocycles, without difference between the conditions. CONCLUSIONS: There is not an interference effect in MS gains with combined strength and swimming training. Cardiorespiratory outcomes were not influenced by any of the training types; nevertheless, aspects related to measurement specificity could have affected the results. The performance of ST associated to a SW does not seem to improve swimming performance when compared to isolated SW, in previously untrained adult individuals.