Managing training process of top-level athletes is a complex process. In order to better understand functioning of a human organism during a training process, besides the existence of certain organic systems, one should identify and understand their mutual relations and patterns that exist within and among them. During the research, cardiovascular and metabolic parameters of 65 male subjects, top-level athletes (volley ball, boxing, track and field, soccer) were measured. The aim of the research was to identify relations of the two systems in top-level athletes. The obtained values were subject to canonical correlation analysis, which showed statistically significant mutual correlation between the two systems. Four variables showed canonical factor structure in the area of cardiovascular parameters, while metabolic canonical factor was of considerably lower intensity.
