Table 4.  Lactate values recorded for kayak paddlers (mM)

Author

Subjects

Ergometer (mM).

Kayak paddling (mM)

Leg

Arm

Kayak

500m

1000m

Sidney and Shephard, 1973

10 elite kayakers

14.1

Tesh et al.
1976

6 elite kayakers

13.2

12.9

Tesch,
1983

6 elite kayakers

14.2

13.5

14.0

13.0

Pendergast et al.
1989

17 kayakers
(range o
f skill level)

12.0

Bishop et al.
2002

8 experienced kayak
paddlers

     

13.0