Abstract des Autors

The purpose of this study was to evaluate which of the most widely accepted performance indices for rowers most significantly discriminate groups of different performance level. The second aim of this study was to determine physiological profile of highly trained Polish male and female rowers, juniors and seniors. The study was conducted on elite and subelite Polish rowers, 215 male (108 seniors and 107 juniors) and 90 female ones (45 seniors and 45 juniors). The rowers were subjected to two laboratory exercise-tests performed on a Concept-H rowing ergometer: a maximal exercise test simulating the 2-km race (2-km test) and a graded submaximal test. The recorded variables were compared in six pairs of groups. The groups under comparison consisted of subjects of the same sex and age (junior, senior) but different competition performance level. The data of the present study suggests that the most predictive parameters of the competition performance in rowers are: mean power output in the maximal exercise simulating 2 km-race, power output at the anaerobic threshold, maximal oxygen uptake and maximal oxygen pulse. Verf.-Referat