Table 12.
Absolute and relative VOmax values for Senior and Junior England international amateur boxers. Data are means (±SD) [Range].
n
Body mass
(kg)
Absolute
VO
2max
(l.min
-1
)
Relative
VO
2max
ml.kg
-1
.min
-1
)
Seniors
23
62.5 (10.8)
3.99 (.5)
[3.06-5.12]
63.8 (4.8)
[53.1-70.0]
Juniors
26
65.3 (13.0)
3.25 (.7)
[2.37-4.70]
49.8 (3.29)
[43.2-56.2]
(NB: Senior data collected using off-line Douglas bag method (Smith, 1998) and Junior data predicted from the ‘Aero’ test (Wilkinson et al, 1999).