Anaerobic threshold determination by direct blood lactate measurement with and without warm up protocol in female athletes

Abstract

This research aimed at pointing out the determination of the anaerobic threshold by the direct blood lactate measurement with and without prior administration of the warm up protocol in female athletes. Resesearch sample was drawn from 50 female athletes subjects divided into four groups: 15 nontrained subjects, prior subjected to the warm up protocol, 15 well- trained subjects prior subjected to the warm up protocol, 10 non-trained subjects, who were not prior subjected to the warm up protocol, 10 well- trained subjects who were not prior subjected to the warm up protocol. Results obtained and presented in this paper show that AT, determined by the direct blood lactate measurement, is statistically significant (p <0,001) in higher values of the heart rate in well- trained subjects compared to the non-trained subjects, equally for those subjected and not subjected to the warm up protocol before the workload test.