Introduction: The dynamics of oxygen after exercise is considered as an important indicator of fitness and cardiovascular health. The objective of this study was to compare the dynamics of oxygen consumption in the recovery period after two maximum exercise continuous and interval in female basketball players.

Methods: In this study,7 women basketball players were selected  and in three separate sessions with an interval of 48 hours participated in this test. The first session consist of incremental exercise protocol to determine maximal oxygen uptake and the second session consist of continuous maximum exercise protocol Balk and Weir (1959) to the point of exhaustion and the third session consist of interval maximum exercise protocol with phases 1-minute of running on a treadmill with an intensity of 120% Vvo2 max and 2-minute rest, up to the point of exhaustion was carried out.In order to assess the variables, changes in respiratory gases during the entire duration of activity and 10-minute recovery period was recorded.

Results: Data analysis using paired t test at p<0/05 was performed. The findings of this study showed that after two continuous and interval maximum exercise in  Half- time recovery of vo2 (p=0/330) and Half- time recovery of oxygen pulse (p=0/821) and Total oxygen consumption during recovery (p=0/760) was not significant.

Conclusions: According to analysis of the data showed that the trend of oxygen consumption during recovery after these two types of exercise is the same.