Optimal performance requires a combination of technical and tactical abilities as well as a high degree of physical fitness. Aerobic and anaerobic fitness is the basic to indigenous and non-indigenous games. So it was intended to determine the aerobic and anaerobic fitness of indigenous game like kho-kho and non-indigenous game like volleyball players. Several different games like Kho-kho is pl...

BACKGROUND This study compares the aerobic fitness status of a sample of rural American and Russian children, and examines these findings in light of their out of school physical activity participation. METHODS Ten and eleven year old (N = 415) children from both countries completed a 15 m Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (PACER) fitness test, and following the test, the child...

BACKGROUND Although the hazardous health effects of a sedentary lifestyle are well known, many adults struggle with regular physical activity. Simple and efficient encouragements for increased physical activity are needed. OBJECTIVE To determine the effect on cardiovascular health of email-based encouragements to do daily stair-walks at work together with colleagues among adults in sedentary ...

A number of studies and meta-analyses conclude that aerobic fitness (walking) interventions improve cognition. Such interventions typically compare improvements from these interventions to an active control group in which participants engage in non-aerobic activities (typically stretching and toning) for an equivalent amount of time. However, in the absence of a double-blind design, the presenc...

Fitness studies have usually been limited to a few variables, for example, aerobic power by oxygen uptake (Saltin and Astrand, 1967) and anaerobic power (Margaria et al, 1966). More recently, fibre typing from muscle biopsy samples has been employed. (Gollnick et al, 1972). In broader perspective fitness is multifaceted and fitness requirements are sports specific so that univariate analysis ha...

Fitness studies have usually been limited to a few variables, for example, aerobic power by oxygen uptake (Saltin and Astrand, 1967) and anaerobic power (Margaria et al, 1966). More recently, fibre typing from muscle biopsy samples has been employed. (Gollnick et al, 1972). In broader perspective fitness is multifaceted and fitness requirements are sports specific so that univariate analysis ha...

BACKGROUND The fitness of Canadian children and youth has not been measured in more than two decades, a period during which childhood obesity and sedentary behaviours have increased. This paper provides up-to-date estimates of the fitness of Canadians aged 6 to 19 years. DATA AND METHODS Data are from the 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS), the most comprehensive direct health m...

the aim of the present study was to examine anthropometric characteristics and selected physical fitness factors in male elite athletes (epee, foil, sabre) of iran national fencing team. the statistical population consisted of 30 athletes of fencing national team (age range 22.2± 3.67 yr) in the three weapons (epee n=10, foil n=10 and sabre n=10). anthropometric characteristics (sitting height,...

The current study aimed to assess the relationship between the hurling player's fitness profile and integrated training load (TL) metrics. Twenty-five hurling players performed treadmill testing for VO2max, the speed at blood lactate concentrations of 2 mmol•L-1 (vLT) and 4 mmol•L-1 (vOBLA) and the heart rate-blood lactate profile for calculation of individual training impulse (iTRIMP). The tot...

OBJECTIVES To (1) investigate effects of aerobic walking on motor function, cognition, and quality of life in Parkinson disease (PD), and (2) compare safety, tolerability, and fitness benefits of different forms of exercise intervention: continuous/moderate intensity vs interval/alternating between low and vigorous intensity, and individual/neighborhood vs group/facility setting. METHODS Init...