Author(s): OZIMEK, M., CIEPIELOWSKA, J., DUDEK, D., Institution: JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY IN KRAKOW, Country: POLAND, Abstract-ID: 904

INTRODUCTION:
Sports aerobics is a young discipline, gaining popularity year after year around the world and developing more and more rapidly in Poland as well [1]. Among the essential motor abilities in sports aerobics for training, learning and coaching are endurance (aerobic) abilities [2]. The main purpose of this study was to determine the variation of aerobic endurance parameters by sport level, of the best Polish female athletes in sports aerobics in relation to a control group.
METHODS:
In order to achieve the objectives of the study, a group of 25 women from the best sports aerobics sections in Poland were surveyed. Among the subjects, the elite, the top 3 athletes in terms of sports performance (ranking of athletes according to the most important achievements in sports aerobics competitions) were selected. The oxygenic efficiency - BIP TEST - what 3 min. the growth of burden and the biochemical investigation (K4b2 Cosmed, BIOSEN C - line). The study was approved by the Bioethics Committee of the Regional Chamber of Physicians in Krakow No. 42/KBL/OIL/2015.
RESULTS:
The results showed that the elite athletes differed from the control group in terms of indicators: Rf (b/min) - medium to high, VE (l/min) - medium, VO2max (ml/min/kg) - medium, and HR (beats/min) - medium to high. The largest values of normalized differences were noted, in terms of lactate concentration measurements, especially the maximum blood lactate concentration measured after exercise (max_LA (mmol/L). The results presented here may indicate positive adaptive changes of the cardiovascular system to the effort of elite female athletes and thus the achievement of a higher level of sports.
CONCLUSION:
Similar thematic papers have also looked for correlations between aerobic endurance performance of male and female athletes in sports aerobics, indicating positive adaptive changes of the cardiovascular system to exercise in this (and similar to gymnastic aerobics) sport [3, 4, 5, 6].
References
1. Cichalewska et al. 2002, 2. Tibenská et al. 2010, 3. Regecova and Andrásyova 2002, 4. Kyselovičová and Tibenská 2007, 5. Aleksandraviciene et al. 2015, 6. Artemyeva and Khorkova 2019