Forces applied at the footrest during ergometer kayaking among female athletes at different competing levels – a pilot study

Table 1 VO₂, lactate, power, competition time, paddle forces, pushing forces at the feet and pulling forces at the feet during ergometric paddling at all-out

	All-out (min)	Power (W)	VO_2peak (L min⁻¹)	Paddle		Foot left		Foot right		Lactate	Competition time
				(N)		(N)		(N)		(mmol l⁻¹)	(min.sec)
				Left	Right	Push	Pull	Push	Pull		500 m	1000 m
Junior Kayaker	2	155	3.21	145	142	175	7	106	39	11.5	2.13	4.37
National Elite Kayaker	4	182	3.36	179	187	716	75	585	78	13.6	2.00	4.19
International Elite Kayaker	2	235	3.9	187	197	584	186	667	115	10.9	1.54	3.57

ISSN: 2052-1847