Relationship between Force-Velocity Profiles and 1,500-m Ergometer Performance in Young Rowers

Caroline Giroux; Hugo Maciejewski; Amal Ben-Abdessamie; Frédéric Chorin; Julien Lardy; Sebastien Ratel; Abderrahmane Rahmani

doi:10.1055/s-0043-117608

International Journal of Sports Medicine, Table of Contents

Int J Sports Med 2017; 38(13): 992-1000
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-117608

Training & Testing

Relationship between Force-Velocity Profiles and 1,500-m Ergometer Performance in Young Rowers

Authors

Caroline Giroux

¹Le Mans University, Laboratory ‘Movement, Interactions, Performance’ (EA 4334), Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Department of Sports Siences, Le Mans, France

²University of Paris-Est Créteil, Laboratory ‘Bioingenierie, Tissus et Neuroplasiticité’ (EA 7377), Créteil, France
Hugo Maciejewski

³French Rowing Federation, Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Amal Ben-Abdessamie

¹Le Mans University, Laboratory ‘Movement, Interactions, Performance’ (EA 4334), Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Department of Sports Siences, Le Mans, France
Frédéric Chorin

⁴Pôle Réhabilitation Autonomie Vieillissement, CHU de Cimiez, Nice, France

⁵LAMHESS – Laboratoire Motricité Humaine, Expertise, Sport, Santé, UFR STAPS, Nice, France
Julien Lardy

¹Le Mans University, Laboratory ‘Movement, Interactions, Performance’ (EA 4334), Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Department of Sports Siences, Le Mans, France
Sebastien Ratel

⁶Blaise-Pascal University, Laboratory AME2P, UFR STAPS, Aubière, France
Abderrahmane Rahmani

¹Le Mans University, Laboratory ‘Movement, Interactions, Performance’ (EA 4334), Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Department of Sports Siences, Le Mans, France

Abstract

Rowing races require developing high level of force and power output at high contraction velocity. This study determined the force-velocity and power-velocity (F-P-V) profiles of lower and upper limbs of adolescent rowers and their relationships with a 1,500-m rowing ergometer performance. The power developed during the 1,500-m (P₁₅₀₀) was evaluated in fourteen national-level male rowers (age: 15.3±0.6 yrs). F-P-V profiles were assessed during bench pull (BP) and squat jump (SJ) exercises. The theoretical maximal values of force (F₀), velocity (V₀), power output (P_max) and the F-V relationship slope (S_FV) were determined. The body mass (BM) influence on these relationships was considered using an allometric approach. F₀ was 720±144 and 2146±405 N, V₀ was 1.8±0.1 and 1.8±0.3 m·s⁻¹, P_max was 333±83 and 968±204 W and S_FV was −391±54 and −1,200±260 N·s·m⁻¹ for BP and SJ, respectively. Upper and lower limb F₀ and P_max were significantly related. P₁₅₀₀ was significantly (P<0.05) correlated to V_0-BP, F_0-BP, S_FV-BP, P_max-BP, F_0-SJ and P_max-SJ (r²=0.29 to 0.79). BM accounted for more than 90% of these relationships. Rowers’ F-P-V profiles reflect adaptations to chronic rowing practice. F-P-V profiles and rowing performance correlations suggest that BP and SJ exercises are relevant to evaluate young rowers’ explosive abilities.

Key words

all-out rowing ergometer exercise - power output - performance - trained adolescents

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