A study on selected physiological and anthropometric variables among all Indian inter-university men power lifters at active competition state

Abstract

In this study, the researcher examined theselected physiological and anthropometric dimensions of twenty-four malepower liftersparticipated and won positions at allIndia interuniversity power lifterschampionship. The data for the study were assessed onphysiological and 6 anthropometric dimensions. To identify the present physiological and anthropometric state among the selected power liftersthe data was collected right after their category competition ends. Itwas found that the anthropometric characteristics were more pronounced in heavyweights (above 90 kg) categories, who were found to be heavier, taller, more fat percentage, and had high blood pressure, and resting heart rate when compared to the lower category