Gavala-González, J.; Porras-García, M.E.; Fernández-García, J.C.; Real-Pérez, M. Effects of Specific Training Using a Rowing Ergometer on Sport Performance in Adolescents. Appl. Sci.2024, 14, 3180.
Gavala-González, J.; Porras-García, M.E.; Fernández-García, J.C.; Real-Pérez, M. Effects of Specific Training Using a Rowing Ergometer on Sport Performance in Adolescents. Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 3180.
Gavala-González, J.; Porras-García, M.E.; Fernández-García, J.C.; Real-Pérez, M. Effects of Specific Training Using a Rowing Ergometer on Sport Performance in Adolescents. Appl. Sci.2024, 14, 3180.
Gavala-González, J.; Porras-García, M.E.; Fernández-García, J.C.; Real-Pérez, M. Effects of Specific Training Using a Rowing Ergometer on Sport Performance in Adolescents. Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 3180.
Abstract
The main purpose of the study was to study the effects of a specific rowing ergometer training program on the athletic performance of young adolescents (n=56; 11.73 ± 1.4 years old) com-pared to a workout based on general strength training. Eight-week training program was im-plemented, with four sessions per week and two-hours per session. Sample was divided in two groups: a control group (CG) that performed circuit training with exercises aimed at building general strength and an experimental group (EG) who focused on specifically training on a rowing ergometer (rowing machine). The data obtained in a rowing meter test over the compe-tition distance were analyzed to obtain the average power attained (W) at the beginning of the training, at the middle (4 weeks), at the end of the training (8 weeks) and one year after the ex-perimentation. The results show that, although both forms of training improve the average W obtained in both categories, the EG subjects (+29.94W) obtained better averages in all phases of the study compared to the CG (+5.88W). Furthermore, this increase was greater in male rowers (+ 34.06W) than in female rowers (+24.54W). These results reveal that a specific rower rowing ergometer training program has a significant effect than a general strength program and these effects can even be observed a year after the intervention.
Keywords
rowing; sport performance; adolescents
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
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