The Relationship Between Aerobic Capacity and the Level of Fitness When Conducting Anaerobic Exercise

The relationship between aerobic capacity and the level of fitness when conducting anaerobic exercise
Introduction
There have been many studies of aerobic capacity and anaerobic exercise but it has been challenging for scientists to understand the cause and effect relationship between these two concepts (Tomlin and Wegner, 2011). Aerobic capacity is the amount of oxygen delivered to the muscles throughout the body per heartbeat. The heartbeat varies between individuals and will rise when an individual increasing the demand on their aerobic energy system (Ghosh 2004) or their anaerobic metabolism energy system (Medbo and Tabata 1993). As anaerobic metabolism leads to acidosis, limiting the oxygen levels in the blood stream, an individual becomes reliant on their aerobic metabolism to supply energy for muscle contraction (Bogdanis, Nevill, Boobis, Lakomy 1996). Therefore, if aerobic capacity does indeed affect the anaerobic metabolism system, an individual can continuously sustain high intensity workouts for a longer period of time, enhancing the capabilities of the human body.
Thus, the aim of this study is the change in pulse rate from a resting position to a position after an individual has reached their aerobic capacity. By studying the change in pulse rate, an investigation then can be made to the level of fitness when conducting anaerobic exercise, push ups. The null hypothesis for this study is that when a higher change of pulse has occurred the individual’s ability to reach 25 push ups will be less likely than if a lower change of pulse has occurred.
Method
Refer to the School of Biological Sciences (2015)
Results
Figure 1: The Mean of All Push Ups, <25 Push Ups and ≥25 Push Ups
Figure 1 describes the group data split into three different categories of number of push ups which was lower than 25 (<25), total number of push ups (total) and number