Aerobic and Anaerobic Threshold Determined by Specific Test in Judo Is Not Correlated with General Test

Then the purposes of this study were to compare and correlate the aerobic threshold (THaer) and anaerobic threshold (THanaer) measured during a new single judo specific incremental test and Treadmill Test for aerobic demand evaluation. Eight well-trained male competitive judo players (24.3±7.9 years; height of 169.3±6.7cm; fat mass of 12.7±3.9%) performed a maximal incremental specific test for judo mimicking the UchiKomi drills and on treadmill in different days. There was difference between specific and general THaer (P=0.0006) as well as weak correlation for THaer (r=0.32; R2=0.1; P=0.2) and THanaer (rs=-0.31; R2=0.1; P=0.12). When correlation was applied with normalized data (percentage of peak load) we observed moderate correlation for THaer (r=0.76; R2=0.58; P=0.027), but the same was not observed for THanaer. We conclude that there is a need of THaer and THanaer evaluation through a specific test for Judo.