Condicionamento cardiovascular em atletas de alto rendimento de futebol americano em comparação ao IMC

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Cardiorespiratory resistance is a definition of functional capacity in terms of cardiovascular and pulmonary performance, American football requires players of different physical sizes, so it is important to assess the physical fitness of athletes, correlating their performance with BMI. OBJECTIVES: To assess cardiovascular fitness in relation to BMI. METHODOLOGY: The study is a literature review based on publications on the subject mentioned above in recent years. Scientific articles were obtained from searches in the LILACS, SCIELO and PUBMED databases. DISCUSSION: During the process of this study, a basis was sought for the assessment of physical fitness in athletes, correlating to the body mass index (BMI). FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: It is recommended that in studies on exercises and sports use the BMI carefully, to more accurate results, more reliable methods should be used, such as hydrostatic weighing.