Table 3. Blood Lactate concentration (mmol.l-1) before and after a low intensity warm up, and before, after 3 minutes and 6 minutes of a maximal 2000-m rowing performance test. Data are means (±SD).
Before Warm-up
After Warm-up
After Warm-up 5 min
Before MPT
After MPT
After MPT 3 min
After MPT 6 min
MPTlow
1.4 (.2)
1.8 (1.2)
1.4 (.3)
1.2 (.6)
13.1 (2.7)
15.4 (2.1)
15.5 (2.5)
MPThigh
1.5 (.3)
2.0 (.8)
1.7 (.7)
8.42 (2.3) *
14.8 (1.7)
16.3 (1.8)
16.3 (2.4)
Difference
6.7%
10.0%
17.6%
85.7%
11.2%
5.2%
4.7%
MPTlow- Maximal 2000-m rowing performance test with normal low intensity warm-up; MPThigh- Maximal 2000-m rowing performance test with additional 25 sec all-out arm crank pre-load. Significantly different from MPTlow (p<0.05)