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OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
Volume 4, Issue -, Pages 175-182Publisher
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/OAJSM.S44807
Keywords
heart rate; physiological profile; intermittent exercise; combat sports; boxing
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- Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP, Brazil)
- Committee of Ethics in Research from UNIFESP (Federal University of Sao Paulo)
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The present study aimed to describe heart rate (HR) responses during a simulated Olympic boxing match and examine physiological parameters of boxing athletes. Ten highly trained Olympic boxing athletes (six men and four women) performed a maximal graded exercise test on a motorized treadmill to determine maximal oxygen uptake (52.2 mL . kg(-1) . min(-1) +/- 7.2 mL . kg(-1) . min(-1)) and ventilatory thresholds 1 and 2. Ventilatory thresholds 1 and 2 were used to classify the intensity of exercise based on respective HR during a boxing match. In addition, oxygen uptake (VO2) was estimated during the match based on the HR response and the HR-VO2 relationship obtained from a maximal graded exercise test for each participant. On a separate day, participants performed a boxing match lasting three rounds, 2 minutes each, with a 1-minute recovery period between each round, during which HR was measured. In this context, HR and VO2 were above ventilatory threshold 2 during 219.8 seconds +/- 67.4 seconds. There was an increase in HR and VO2 as a function of round (round 3 < round 2 < round 1, P < 0.0001). These findings may direct individual training programs for boxing practitioners and other athletes.
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