The aim of the study: to identify the effect of pedaling rate of cyclists to the indices of vegetative systems during consistently increasing workload. Hypothesis. We claimed that the rate of pedaling will have impact on some indices of cyclists’ vegetative systems during consistently increasing workload. The objectives 1. To evaluate the effect of pedaling rate to indices of maximal aerobic power. 2. To evaluate the effect of pedaling rate to indices of anaerobic metabolism threshold. 3. To identify the effect of pedaling rate to the efficiency of aerobic work. Subjects: 7 Lithuanian cyclists – the members of the selected. Their age: 18,1±2,04 years, height: 178±6,4 cm, and body mass 71,6±8,4 kg. The methods of the study: 1) the identification of aerobic fitness during the consistently increasing workload on the veloergometer with different pedaling rates (70, 90, 110 rpm). The warming-up was performed (10 min with the 50 W power). The initial testing load (20 W) was increased every 5 s, consistently by 2 W. The load was increased until the fatigue. After that the subject rested in lying position for 5 minutes. The workload was applied once a day; 3 tests were conducted during a week. 2) The first (VeT1) and the second (VeT2) ventilatory thresholds were determined according to the dependence of lungs ventilation and also of ventilatory oxygen and CO2 equivalents on the power of the work. After 5 minutes of the rest period the capillary blood samples were taken from the... [to full text]