Sigmoid Boltzmann model with autoregressive errors in the description of the heart rate in progressive tests Sílvio de Castro Silveira12 Joel Augusto Muniz2 Tadeu Vilela de Souza2 The objective of this study is to compare the quality of fit of the Boltzmann Sigmoid with and without AR(1) for the curve of the heart rate with increasing loads works and verify that the curve’s transition points are associated with the lactate threshold. Keywords: Fit of Models, Lactate threshold, Physiology of Sport. ________________ 1 2 DEX - UFLA. e-mail: [email protected] DEX - UFLA