The purposes of this study were to determine the aerobic conditioning and anaerobic conditioning in trained table tennis players. Eigth Brazilian male table tennis players (18±2 years) participated of the study. Subjects performed graded exercise test in specific procedure to measure peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak), intensity associated at VO2PEAK (iVO2PEAK) and respiratoty conpensation point (RCP), and two repeated-sprint abilit tests (i.e., RAST and alactic anaerobic índex (AAI)), which were considered as anaerobic parameters. VO2PEAK corresponded to 50.5±4.4ml kg-1 min-1 , iVO2PEAK to 52.1±9.6balls min-1 e o RCP 44.9±8.0balls min-1. Peak power (PP) and mean power (MP) relative to body mass (PPr and MPr, respectively) measured during RAST were 9.0±1.3W kg-1 and 7.0±0.9W kg-1, respectively, whereas AAI (i.e., ratio of blood lactate and average speed) was 1.14±0.51mM/m s-1. Thus, we can conclude that trained Brazilian table tennis players have moderated aerobic power, low anaerobic conditioning.
Anaerobic power; Aerobic capacity; Peak oxygen uptake; A-lactic anaerobic índex; RAST
