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 of skill level) |
|
|
|
|
12.0 |
Bishop et al. 2002 |
8 experienced kayak paddlers |
|
|
|
13.0 |
|
|
|