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% |
MPT
low- Maximal 2000-m rowing performance test with normal low intensity warm-up; MPT
high- Maximal 2000-m rowing performance test with additional 25 sec all-out arm crank pre-load. Significantly different from MPTlow (p<0.05)
