Association between aerobic fitness and glycolytic metabolism in adult male professional football players

Authors

  • Felipe Hermosilla Palma Autonomous University of Chile, Chile. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8686-6793
  • Pablo Merino Muñoz Biomedical Engineering Program, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Núcleo de investigação em ciências motoras humanas, Universidade Adventista do Chile. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8323-726X
  • Manuel Marilaf Hormazábal Autonomous University of Chile, Chile.
  • Patricio Aguilar Salazar Autonomous University of Chile, Chile.
  • Brian Vergara Otárola Autonomous University of Chile, Chile.
  • Bianca Miarka Postgraduate program Institution to which it belongs: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7513-7605
  • Esteban Aedo Muñoz Department of Physical Education and Recreation Institution to which he belongs: Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, Chile. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1544-2824
  • Jorge Pérez Contreras Escuela de Ciencias del Deporte, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomas, Chile.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v53.100553

Keywords:

Soccer, physiology, athletic performance, lactate, oxygen consumption

Abstract

Objective: Analyze the association between aerobic physical fitness and glycolytic metabolism in adult male professional Chilean soccer players. As a secondary objective, examine differences between playing positions. Methods: The sample consists of 31 adult professional footballers from a Chilean Primera B club. Aerobic fitness was determined through the Yo-Yo intermittent endurance level I test. A lactate sample was obtained after its completion to analyze the implication of glycolytic metabolism. The Pearson test was performed to identify associations between variables, and the one-way ANOVA test was conducted to analyze differences between playing positions. Results: There is no relationship between aerobic fitness and glycolytic metabolism (r=0.165 and p=0.375). Similarly, there are no differences between positions for aerobic fitness (p=0.64) and lactate production (p=0.75). Conclusion: The performance in oxygen-dependent efforts is not related to glycolytic capacity for this sample of professional footballers. Therefore, it is not possible to project influences between the variables, nor based on the playing position.

Keywords: Soccer, aerobic physical fitness, glycolytic metabolism, lactate.

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2024-04-01

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Hermosilla Palma , F. ., Merino Muñoz, P., Marilaf Hormazábal, M., Aguilar Salazar, P., Vergara Otárola, B. ., Miarka , B. ., Aedo Muñoz, E. ., & Pérez Contreras, J. (2024). Association between aerobic fitness and glycolytic metabolism in adult male professional football players. Retos, 53, 508–513. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v53.100553

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