Introduction: Anaerobic power have important role in the success of the wrestlers. Coaches for designing an effective training program should measure anaerobic power of their athletes continuously. In this regard, there are measurement methods such as EPOC, to determine the level of blood lactate for anaerobic power. Measuring of these variables need expensive laboratory equipment, but today there are low cost field tests that can replace expensive laboratory methods. Baker (2005) and Shirazi (2006) showed that there are high correlation between field tests and Wingate test. Therefore, because of the ease of usage and low cost of field tests, these tests became prevalent among coaches. Therefore, the aim of this study was to design a specific anaerobic power test for wrestlers based on 30-seconds Wingate test.
Methodology: For this purpose, 20 wrestlers from Kharazmi University of Tehran wrestling team were selected (height 173.13±5.5 cm, weight 77.05±5.48 kg and age 25.43±6.11 years). Maximum, minimum and mean power and fatigue index were calculated after performing Wingate test and Repeated Sprint Ability (RSA) test including 20 meters running with 20 seconds rest interval in 12 rounds. Plasma lactate level also was measured after 2 minute of each test. Pearson correlation test and dependent t test was used to determine the correlation between power index and physiological parameter (blood lactate). Results: The results showed that, there is a significant correlation among the maximum, minimum and mean power obtained in RSA test and Wingate test (r=0.81 p=0.001, r=0.78 p=0.002, r=0.83 p=0.003), but there was no significant correlation between fatigue index in two tests‌ (p=0.013, r=0.746). Also there was no significant difference (p=0.382) between mean of lactate in the Wingate test and RSA test.
Discussion: Regarding 30-second Wingate test, RSA test is a valid test for measuring anaerobic power in amateur wrestlers.