Studia Kinanthropologica

Studia Kinanthropologica 2012, 13(1):30-36

Development of standards for assessment of performance at anaerobic treshold in triathlon junior athletes

L. Kovářová^1,*, K. Kovář², J. Horčic¹

¹ Univerzita Karlova v Praze, fakulta tělesné výchovy a sportu, laboratoř sportovní motoriky

² Univerzita Karlova v Praze, fakulta tělesné výchovy a sportu, katedra pedagogiky, psychologie a didaktiky TV a sportu

The aim of our study is to develop standards (by means of T-points) for the assessment of individual anaerobic threshold in swimming, cycling and running in junior athletes included in the SCM aged between 17-19 years. In a swimming test, junior males reached the mean velocity of 1.27 ms^-1 (± 0.11) and junior females 1.19 ms^-1 (±0.09); values above 1.49 ms^-1 are considered as excellent in junior males, on the contrary, the values below 1.05 ms^-1 as insufficient. In junior females, values above 1.37 ms^-1 are excellent and those below 1.01 ms^-1 are insufficient. In a bicycle ergometer test, junior males achieved the mean performance of 4.48 Wkg^-1 (± 0.77) and junior females of 4.0 Wkg^-1 (± 0.69). Excellent values in junior males appear to be higher than 6.02 Wkg^-1; on the other hand, values lower than 2.94 Wkg^-1 appear to be insufficient. In junior females, values above 5.43 Wkg^-1 are considered as excellent; on the contrary, values below 2.62 Wkg^-1 as insufficient. In a running test, junior male reached the mean velocity of 15.61 ms^-1 (± 0.9) and junior females 13.760ms^-1 (± 0.9). Values higher than 17.41 ms^-1 are believed to be excellent, while values lower than 13.81 ms^-1 insufficient. Excellent values in junior females are those above 15.56 ms^-1, on the contrary, insufficient values are lower than 11.96 ms^-1.

Keywords: maximal aerobic performance; pulmonary ventilation; T-point; diagnostics

Published: March 30, 2012  Show citation