Background Previous studies strongly have supported importance of aerobic capacity for 2000m rowing performance [1-3] and there are few studies that demonstrated anaerobic capacity had critical role in rowing performance [4-6]. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between 2000m rowing performance and anaerobic capacity, which were estimated by critical power (CP) ...

The aim of the present study was to find a more optimal blade design for rowing performance than the Big Blade, which has been shown to be less than optimal for propulsion. As well as the Big Blade, a flat Big Blade, a flat rectangular blade, and a rectangular blade with the same curvature and projected area as the Big Blade were tested in a water flume to determine their fluid dynamic characte...

INTRODUCTION During rowing, foot positioning on the foot stretcher is critical to optimise muscle force transmission and boat propulsion. Following the beneficial effects of textured insoles on gait and balance, this study aims at investigating whether passive stimulation of foot mechanoreceptors induced by these insoles may contribute to improving foot loading pattern and symmetry during indoo...

The purpose of this study was to reconstruct the early phase of scientific research conducted at the Department of Biomechanics of the College of Physical Education and since 1972 at the University School of Physical Education in Poznań, with special attention paid to the works on biomechanics of rowing, carried out as part of the Ministerial Project PR 105 entitled The effectiveness of trainin...

Abstract Side-slipping (or skidding) is a feature of several manoeuvres in alpine skiing, including few types skiing turns. On hard snow, side-slipping involves removal thin top layer that makes it similar to machining materials manufacturing. In this paper, we briefly review the theory and then propose an approximate model can be used describe skiing. We test against published results laborato...