Table 12. Absolute and relative VO2max values for Senior and Junior England
international amateur boxers. Data are means (±SD) [Range].

 

n

Body mass (kg)

Absolute
VO2max(l.min-1)

Relative
VO2maxml.kg-1.min-1)

Seniors

23

62.5 (10.8)

3.99 (.5)
[3.06-5.12]

63.8 (4.8)
[53.1-70.0]

Juniors

26

65.3 (13.0)

3.25 (.7)
[2.37-4.70]

49.8 (3.29)
[43.2-56.2]
(NB: Senior data collected using off-line Douglas bag method (Smith, 1998) and Junior data predicted from the ‘Aero’ test (Wilkinson et al, 1999).