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In Games and Sports the importance of aerobic potential has been realized by top coaches and everyone tends to spur it up to perform efficiently. A group of 40 male students who were in the age group of 17to 25 years were selected as subjects for the study. They were divided into two groups of 20 each (n= 20) as low and high aerobic capacity groups based on Cooper's 12 minutes run and walk test. Physiological traits were estimated and studied descriptively. The results showed the mean value of lean body mass and total body weight of low aerobic capacity group to be higher than the aerobic capacity group. A significant mean difference was found in hemoglobin content, resting heart rate and vital capacity between the groups.

An attempt was made to test the hypothesis that regular physical activity at the anaerobic thresh old can stimulate an increase in the amount of brown or beige body fat, which can manifest itself in increased lactate utilization during exercise and increased reactivity in response to acute regional cooling. The methods used in the study included the ramp test; regional acute cold exposure; measurement of gas exchange; lactate and glucose in the blood; heart rate; heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration variability at rest and during standard functional tests; infrared thermal imaging; and statistical methods of analysis of results. Training of ten physically active volunteers (7 males and 3 females) on a treadmill at a speed corresponding to 75-80% of personal maximum oxygen consumption ( ) for 30 min 3 times per week at a fixed ambient temper ature of 21-22°C for 6 weeks resulted in a significant (from 19 to 39%) increase in exercise duration in the ramp test, whereas changed, on average, only slightly. The increase in the anaerobic threshold power was associated with a sharp slowdown in the accumulation of lactate during the ramp test. The lactate utili zation rate during the recovery period, on the contrary, increased. In general, work efficiency during test load significantly increased. Noticeable changes in the condition and responses to the standard functional tests of the autonomic system were not found, as judged by the heart rate variability, blood pressure, and respiration variability at rest and during orthostatic tests and imposed breathing rhythm. The functional response of the body to acute cold exposure (1 min cooling of the feet in ice water) did not change after a cycle of training, both in terms of metabolism (oxygen consumption, etc.) and the skin temperature dynamics in the areas of most probable location of brown adipose tissue (BAT). These data do not confirm our previous hypothesis (2010) about the function of BAT as a universal homeostatic instrument in the body. Probably, if the forma tion of the beige adipose tissue is stimulated by physical activity and hormone irisin, produced by muscles, this tissue is involved in lactate utilization but is not involved in the thermoregulatory responses.

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