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Introduction: Excess body weight adversely affects human health and the body strives to adapt to any increase in weight. Therefore the aim of this study was to determine physical performance and presentation of the cardiovascular and respiratory fitness under the conditions of maximum exercise load in obese and overweight men. Methods: The study involved 12 obese men (OM), 12 overweight men (OWM), and 12 men with normal body mass (NBM). All subjects were of a similar age. After determining the somatic data, the re...

Introduction: Anaerobic power is an important factor determining physical performance in competitive sports. The aim of this paper is to analyze the anaerobic power of athletes involved in various competitive sports which require different forms of training, and to describe the effect of each group’s specialized training over a period of one year on the anaerobic indicators defined by the 30 second Wingate test. Method: The study involved 15 soccer players (SP), 12 practitioners of martial arts (MA), 15 weightlift...