The relationship between biking activities and VO2 max level in fixie bike Makassar community members

Abstract

Objective

To determine the relationship between the cycling activity with the VO₂ max level on community members fixie bike Makassar.

Method

We identified 31 participants from all the Makassar fixie bike community members who were selected using a purposive sampling technique. Cycling activity data is taken by giving questionnaires, and VO₂ max level data is taken by the 3 Minute Step Test.

Results

Based on the Fisher Test = 0.005 and Phi value = 0.602 showed that there was a strong correlation between activities cycling with VO₂ max levels in these community members. The result showed, based on the age group and VO₂ max, the good criteria are more in early adulthood while the poor criteria are more in adolescents.

Conclusion

It was found that there was a relationship between cycling activity and VO₂ max levels in the Makassar fixie bike community members.