Maximal heart rate assessment in recreational football players: A study involving a multiple testing approach

This study aimed at examining the suitability of a standard treadmill test (TT), popular intermittent field tests, and small‐sided football matches to induce maximal heart rate (HR max ) in recreational football players. Sixty‐six inactive untrained male subjects (age: 39.3 ± 5.8 years, VO 2max : 41.2 ± 6.2 mL kg −1 min −1 , body mass: 81.9 ± 10.8 kg, height: 173.2 ± 6.4 cm) were evaluated. On separate occasions, the players were randomly...