Table 2.
VO measures (L·min) of kayakers.
Author
Subjects
(male)
Ergometer
VO
2
(L·min
-1
)
*
Kayak paddling
VO
2
(L·min
-1
)
†
Leg
Arm
(Legs+arms)
Kayak
500m
1000m
Tesh et al. (1976)
6 elite kayakers
5.41
4.61
4.2
4.71
Pendergast et al. (1979)
8 unskilled kayakers
3.1
2.9
3.9
3.5
Tesch (1983)
6 elite kayakers
5.36
4.3
4.67
Hahn et al. (1988)
5 elite kayakers
5.17
4.62
Pendergast et al. (1989)
17 kayakers
(range of skill level)
4.61
2.82
3.81
Fry and Morton (1991)
38 well trained kayakers
4.78
Billat et al. (1996)
9 elite kayakers
4.01
van Someren et al. (1999)
9 well trained kayakers
4.27
Bishop et al. (2002)
8 experienced kayak
paddlers
† denotes that the kayak paddling tests were maximal efforts for that distance, not maximal exercise tests.
* denotes that the ergometer exercise tests were carried out to exhaustion, representing the max VO.