Running velocity at maximum oxygen uptake and at maximum effort: important variables for female military pentathlon

Abstract

Aim: to correlate cardiopulmonary capacity widely used variables with athletic performance in 4 km cross country race, in elite female military pentathlon athletes. Methods: Five military pentathlon athletes from Brazilian team with 27.5 [25.0; 29.3] years old underwent an incremental ramp treadmill test to determine VO 2 max, vVO 2 max (velocity of initial VO 2 plateau), maximum velocity, and these same variables in anaerobic threshold. Furthermore, the performance obtained on the cross-country race of the last trial before the world military games was recorded. Spearman's correlations were used to investigate the association between cardiopulmonary variables and athletic performance (p < 0.05). Results: The athletes exhibited a median total body weight of 64.3 [60.9; 66.6] kg and height of 1.75 [1.66; 1.76] cm. Race performance was positively correlated with vVO 2 max (r = 0.98, very strong correlation) and maximum velocity reached (r = 0.95, very strong correlation). The remaining cardiopulmonary variables did not show similar behavior, with r varying between -0.26 and 0.44. Conclusion: Maximum velocity and vVO 2 max indicators are directly related to athletic performance in the 4 km cross country race of elite female military pentathlon athletes. Thus, the technical team must pay particular attention to athletic performance in these cardiopulmonary variables in both the selection of new athletes and the identification of the effectiveness of applied training strategies.

Contribuição de cada prova no desempenho de atletas de ambos os sexos no Campeonato Mundial de Pentatlo Militar de 2019

“…Foram identificadas correlações positivas de velocidade máxima alcançada no teste de esforço com velocidade no início do platô de consumo de oxigênio (vVO2), tanto no sexo feminino (6) quanto no masculino (5). Esses estudos tiveram por objetivo identificar formas auxiliares para a seleção de atletas e planejamento do treinamento e, como focalizaram atletas de alto rendimento de Key Points -In men, the highest coefficient was that of the cross-country running and the lowest was the throwing of grenades.…”