摘要：The aim of the study was to evaluate the aerobic capacity of the first year students in the Lithuanian Military Academy. 63 first year students (57 men and 6 women) agreed to participate in the study. They performed graded cycling exercise test until voluntary exhaustion. The starting work load was set at 70 W and was increased every minute by 21 W. Pulmonary gas exchange was measured breath-by-breath using the portable telemetric system (Oxycon Mobile, Jaeger). The maximal oxygen uptake (VO 2 max) was determined as the highest VO 2 within 20 s period obtained during increasing cycling test. Maximal cardiorespiratory values at this point were calculated as well. The VO 2 max in military academy cadets was 52.9 (4.6) ml / kg -1 / min -1 (from 42.7 to 63.4). The aerobic capacity in most cadets may be considered as high and very high (80%), and only in one fifth of the subjects — as moderate, applying the normative scale for untrained persons. Keywords: maximal oxygen uptake, aerobic capacity, cycling ergometry.
