Abstract

A 6-min rowing ergometer test was administered to 116 candidates for Junior, colt, and Olympic New Zealand crews. Stroke frequency, work output, and heart rates were used to assess rowing fitness and to compare min-by-min performance of the selected and unselected trialists. Throughout the duration of the test, the Junior and Olympic selected oarsmen demonstrated a greater ability to tolerate this type of heavy work than did the unselected oarsmen. The colt trialists were relatively homogeneous and their subgroup differences did not reach significance. In comparison to earlier Work using a similar sample, the present data indicate a general increase in rowing ability. Verf.-Referat Verf.-Anschr.: School of Phys. Education, Univ. of Otago, Dunedin, Neuseeland