Table 5. Heart rate, maximal aerobic capacity and blood lactate response of Indian male boxers of different weight categories. Data are means (±SEM).
| Parameters |
Light Weight
(n = 7) |
Medium Weight
(n = 7) |
Medium Heavy Weight
(n = 7) |
| VO2max (ml·kg-1 ·min-1) |
58.30 (2.2) |
56.81 (2.1) * |
51.52 (2.1) * |
| RHR (bpm) |
71 (9) |
76 (5) |
70 (8) |
| MHR (bpm) |
185 (6) |
184 (4) |
183 (5) |
| HRR1 (bpm) |
139 (10) |
138 (5) |
143 (11) |
| HRR2 (bpm) |
115 (14) |
120 (5) |
121 (7) |
| HRR3 (bpm) |
103 (5) |
105 (3) |
106 (10) |
| RL (mM·L-1) |
2.2 (.4) |
2.9 (.2) * |
2.6 (.5) |
| PL (mM·L-1) |
11.4 (1.9) |
10.8 (1.4) |
13.1 (0.9) *# |
* p < 0.05 compared with Light Weight Category# p < 0.05 compared with medium Weight RHR= resting heart rate, MHR= maximal heart rate, HRR1 = heart rate during 1st min recovery, HRR2 = heart rate during 2nd min recovery, HRR3 = heart rate during 3rd min recovery, VO= maximal oxygen uptake, RL = resting lactate concentration, PL = peak lactate concentration. Light Weight Category <54kg, Medium Weight Category 55-64 kg, Medium heavy Weight Category 65-75 kg.
