Context: Fitness is a very important part of our life and for fitness aerobic exercises are very common such as walking, dancing, cycling, and swimming. The aerobic capacity is also considered as cardiorespiratory endurance or VO2 max Aims: The relationship of anaerobic exercise with rate of perceived exertion has been previously
documented in athletes, but there was a paucity of researches on the relationship of aerobic capacity with RPE among collegiate athletes in India. Therefore the purpose of this study was to find the relationship between aerobic capacity and rating of perceived exertion among male and female collegiate athletes. Furthermore, the present research work had also compared the rating of perceived exertion between males and females collegiate athletes Settings and design: A total of 100 participants with 50 male and 50 female between the age group of 18 and 25 with no history of recent injury or any disease and substance abuse, who volunteered to participate were selected for this study. Methods and material: The VO2 max of all participants was measured by Rockport 1 mile walk test and then the rate of perceived exertion (RPE) was reported using Borg scale Statistical analysis used: Pearson’s correlation were applied between VO2 max and RPE Results: The mean VO2 max and mean RPE of all participants were 58.22 (±6.79) (ml/kg/min) and 11.93 (±1.41) respectively Conclusions: The finding of the present study reveals that a person’s rating of perceived exertion is not dependent on his or her maximal oxygen consumption or VO2 max as there is no relation seen between VO
2 max and RPE of an individual
Keywords: Aerobic Capacity; VO2 Max; Rockport 1 mile walk test; Rate of perceived exertion; Borg scale.