Table 1.  College (COL) and national (NAT) rowers characteristics, training level and ergometer performance (2000-m exercise). Data are means (ąSD).
 

Age
(years)

Height
(m)

Weight (kg)

Rowing experience (years)

Training
volume (h·week-1)

Ergometer performance (sec)

COL

21.1 (.2) $#

1.81 (.01) $#

74.1 (1.8) $#

2.5 (.4) $#

4.8 (.4) $#

-

NAT1000

25.3 (.9) *

1.85 (.01) *

80.5 (1.8)

12.1(.7) *

11.5 (.8) *

389 (2.9)

NAT2000

24.6 (1.1) *

1.85 (.01) *

79.8 (1.4) *

11.4 (1.1) *

12.8 (.7) *

383 (3.6)
* denotes significantly (p < 0.05) different from COL. $ denotes significantly (p < 0.05) different from NAT1000. # denotes significantly (p < 0.05)different from NAT2000.