Kinesiology, Vol. 25 No. 1-2, 1993.
Original scientific paper
Some metabolic and ventilatory parameters of elite Croatian oarsmen during exhausting work on the rowing ergometer
Davor Šentija
; Fakultet za fizičku kulturu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Stjepan Heimer
; Fakultet za fizičku kulturu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Abstract
On the sample of 29 elite Croatian oarsmen we have measured the ventilatory and metabolic parameters by means of the open spiroergometric method during incremental exercise test on a rowing ergometer. The maximum ventilation ranged from 147 to 232 l/min, whereas the average maximum oxygen uptake amounted to 5.59 l/min, ie. 65.0 ml/kg* min, heart rate ranging from 175 to 211/min, and the oxygen pulse 26.3 to 34.3 ml O,/systole. High average figures of the respiratory quotient (RO = 1.12 ) and of the expirated carbon dioxide (VCO, = 6.26 I/min ) show both significant. participation of anaerobic energy sources, and the exhausting character of the test. At the anaerobic threshold (with the concentration of the lactic acid in blood of 4 mmol/L) the average oxygen uptake amounts to “OS + O44 I/min (86 +/- 3% VO₂max) at the workload of 305 +/- 28 W High values of aerobic capacity of Croatian oarsmen correspond to the results of elite oarsmen from other countries. This represents a good basis for further improvement of Croatian oarsmen if we take into consideration their youth (the average age is 20) and good training conditions.
Keywords
rowing, rowing ergometer, top sport, metabolic parameters, ventilatory parameters
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253193
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Publication date:
21.1.1993.
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