Cardiorespiratory fitness of sporting population

Cardiorespiratory kapacity in sporting population J. Novák Summary VO2max and VO2max/kg values were directly obtained during 2777 measurements in competitive athletes and active but not competing subjects. The normatives of cardiorespiratory capacity for different age groups of male and female endurance athletes (Group A), team sport players (Group B) and other sports (group C) were established, and compared to normatives for Czech population based on the International Biological Program (IBP) results (Seliger a Bartůněk 1976). The most favorable values of cardiorespiratory capacity (both VO2max; VO2max/kg and W170;W170/kg) were found in the group A athletes (endurance trained) - both males and females. Their level highly exceeded the values of untrained CS IBP population and also those obtained in control group D in this study. The highest correlation was found between VO2max and Wmax and between VO2max/kg and Wmax/kg. This high correlation was very similarly high in the whole sample of 2777 examinations, in the sample of men (n=2015) and women (n=762) and also in all age-groups in different athletic groups A to D. It was proved that VO2max and VO2max/kg values could be calculated according to the maximal performance attained on bicycle ergometer. During spiroergometric examination the values of stroke..