Scaling concept II rowing ergometer performance for differences in body mass to better reflect rowing in water

We investigated whether the concept II indoor rowing ergometer accurately reflects rowing on water. Forty‐nine junior elite male rowers from a Great Britain training camp completed a 2000 m concept II model C indoor rowing ergometer test and a water‐based 2000 m single‐scull rowing test. Rowing spee...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports 2010-02, Vol.20 (1), p.122-127
Main Authors: Nevill, A. M., Beech, C., Holder, R. L., Wyon, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
allometric models
Athletic Performance - physiology
Body concept
Body fat
body mass
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Camps
drag effect
Ergometry - methods
Ergonomics
Humans
Male
Modeling
power-to-mass ratio
Rowing
single-scull rowing performance
Speed
Sport science
Sports - physiology
Water
Youth
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Summary:We investigated whether the concept II indoor rowing ergometer accurately reflects rowing on water. Forty‐nine junior elite male rowers from a Great Britain training camp completed a 2000 m concept II model C indoor rowing ergometer test and a water‐based 2000 m single‐scull rowing test. Rowing speed in water (3.66 m/s) was significantly slower than laboratory‐based rowing performance (4.96 m/s). The relationship between the two rowing performances was found to be R2=28.9% (r=0.538). We identified that body mass (m) made a positive contribution to concept II rowing ergometer performance (r=0.68, P
ISSN:0905-7188
1600-0838
DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0838.2008.00874.x