Abstract

NAKAMURA, Fábio Yuzo et al. Physiological profile of high competitive level female kayakists. Rev. Port. Cien. Desp. [online]. 2006, vol.6, n.3, pp.329-335. ISSN 1645-0523.

The aim of this study was to characterize the physiological profile of kayaking female athletes with high competitive level. For this, the athletes underwent testing protocols to determination of: (1) critical velocity (VCrit) and anaerobic kayaking capacity CA_Canoagem ; (2) lactate minimum threshold (LACmin) and; (3) peak blood lactate after maximal efforts comprising the 130 and 500 m distances. The results showed that the VCrit values (3,01-3,04 m/s) were significantly greater than the LACmin values (2,75 ± 0,04 m/s ). The CA_Canoagem ranged between 94-105 m. There were not found differences in the peak blood lactate after the efforts in 130 m (10,5 ± 1,2 mM ) compared to the 500 m (10,2 ± 0,8 mM). The conclusion was that the athletes here investigated presented high levels of specific aerobic and lactic capacity, when compared to samples of other studies in the literature.

Keywords : kayaking; aerobic capacity; lactic capacity and power.

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