Introduction: Aerobic capacity is one of the qualities to be developed in rhythmic gymnastics sport which requires huge physical and technical demands, with high loads of training. Objective: To analyze cardiorespiratory capacity and VO2max and its relation to body composition: body mass index (BMI), fat percentage, waist circumference in girls and adolescents practicing rhythmic gymnastics Method: Descriptive, comparative, cross-sectional study involving 116 competition gymnasts between 8 and 17 years old (48.3% were girls and 51.7% were adolescents). For the evaluation of the cardiorespiratory ftness, the Navette Course test was applied, calculating the VO2max with the results obtained. Body weight, height, waist circumference, sub-scapular folds and triceps were measured. The body mass index (BMI) was calculated with weight and height, with the measures of the folds the percentage of fat and with the waist circumference the waist height ratio (WHR). Results: 13.8%, and 23.3% of the total sample showed very high aerobic capacity, and high respectively. Significant diffe­rences were found between the two age groups for the Course-Navette test (U = 1214.0 p =.009 r = 2.60) and for VO2max (U = 300.0 p =.000 r = 7.60). The adolescents gymnasts presented greater aerobic capacity than the girls. Adolescents showed a correlation with BMI (p =.006) and weight (p=.014). The gymnasts showed a WHR lower than 0.55, all factors related to a better cardiovascular profile Conclusions: Gymnasts in general have good aerobic capacity. The Adolecents showed higher levels of aerobic capacity than girls. All have a BMI, waist circumference and fat percentage below the referenced values
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