Conconi test protocol for CII
Anna Mahlam?ki
I would like to hear of any experiences of a Conconi-type fitness test
(for determining the aerobic and anaerobic thresholds) on the CII.
There seem to be a lot of information in the www for running and
cycling test procedures, but so far I've been unable to find much
information on a suitable test protocol for rowers on the CII. I would
be most obliged to be enlightened by anyone who has organised such a
test or taken part in one!
Yours
Anna M
Ewoud Dronkert
> I would like to hear of any experiences of a Conconi-type fitness test
We used to do a step test
http://www.triton.studver.uu.nl/?p=ergometer#test
5x 3' at fixed power (Watt), rating free, 1' rest (not moving at all).
Last level should be around the max. power output of the rower, e.g.
for strong lwt. women this might be 300 W. Make an estimate for that
(maybe using the tables from
http://www.triton.studver.uu.nl/ergometerscores.pdf). Stepsize 10% of
that, so 30 W in this case, which gives 180 W for the first level. For
each rower and each step, write down the target score (beforehand, so
as not to have any confusion), actual score (Watts and/or 500m split),
heart rate (I took it at start, halfway and end of each 3' interval
and distilled one value from that, most often just the last one), and
the rating (for later reference). I used
http://www.triton.studver.uu.nl/invulschema.html for a handy form. Be
sure to also note the time of day, room temperature and other
specifics you think matter (barometric pressure, humidity, that time
of the month, what have you). Then make a graph of the results. Here's
one I prepared earlier:
http://www.triton.studver.uu.nl/img/stappentest.gif They were 4
(semi-) lightweight girls, second year rowers. Now you show me the
anaerobic treshold point :)
More useful information can be obtained by drawing a few drops of
blood between each interval, for measuring the lactate level.
We started doing this as a testing protocol, to avoid doing the
physically and mentally very demanding 2k test every month but still
have a good way of monitoring progress. Low and behold, we did see
progress with each test... One (big) reason of course being adaption
to the testing protocol. Another that we are not stoopid and had some
reasonable training schedules. Because we saw our athletes (almost)
every day, and already got a rather complete picture of their
well-being and progress by being around them and seeing them row
2h/day, we decided the tests had no added value and abandonded them
after 4 or 5 months.
Mitch Berkson
http://www.concept2.co.uk/training/guide.php including how to use the C2 to
determine max heart rate.
Mitch Berkson
adrian
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=conconi&meta=group%3Drec.sport.rowing
Adrian.
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