COMPARISON OF AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC PERFORMANCES OF WELL TRAINED WRESTLERS ACCORDING TO WEIGHTS

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the aerobic and anaerobic performances of well trained wrestlers according to their weights. 19 young female wrestlers (age: 18.84 ± .83 years; height: 165.84 ± 4.58 cm; weight: 62.78 ± 8.81 kg; body mass index (BMI): 22.80 ± 2.94 kg/m2) voluntarily participated in this study. Body weight, height, BMI, sprint, agility, jump, flexibility and 20 m shuttle run tests of the wrestlers were measured. The data obtained were recorded according to the weights of the athletes. One Factor Analysis of Variance and Kruskal Wallis H test were used to analyze the data. Tukey’s multiple comparison test was conducted to find the difference between the groups. As a result of the study, a statistically significant difference was determined in terms of height, weight and BMI values of the wrestlers according to their weights (p<0.05 ). Significant differences were found between light and heavy weight groups in view of speed, agility, jumping, flexibility and shuttle running test performances (p<0.05 ). A statistically significant difference was found between the middle and heavyweight groups in speed and agility tests (p<0.05). This research shows that, the performance output of the athlete decreases as their weight increases.