ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of the physiological and energetic requirements of the modern gymnastics, taking into consideration each artistic event separately. Identify the specificities related to the energetics expenditure in gymnastics and the way aerobic and anaerobic metabolisms contribute during performance. Very few studies have explored the differences between the physiological responses in neither male and female gymnasts nor the energetics of the different gymnastic events. Aerobic metabolism, also known as aerobic respiration, cell respiration and oxidative metabolism, is a series of chemical processes by which individuals produce energy through the oxidation of different substrates in the presence of oxygen. One of the indicators of the aerobic metabolism is Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max), or the maximal amount of oxygen that an individual can utilise during intense or maximal exercise. Although VO2 max has a genetic component, it can be increased through appropriate training.
