A preliminary report of performance and blood lactate concentration after the wingate test and a specific judo test

This work was aimed at the presentation of performance and blood lactate concentration in juvenile and adult judo athletes submitted to the upper body Wingate test and a sport specific test (the Special Judo Fitness Test proposed by Sterkowicz, 1995). The sample consisted of six juvenile and six adult judoists submitted to the same training loads, after the athletes’ informed consent or a responsible persons. Blood lactate concentrations after both tests were similar to that reported for judo combat or training.