The Wingate Anaerobic Test: Peak and Mean Power Repeat at ICC 0.90–0.98, the Fatigue Index Does Not (0.53–0.76), and in 116 Elite Runners It Sorted Sprinters From Marathoners but Predicted No Event
Sep 25
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Beyond the standard fitness battery sits a short list of laboratory tests that measure a specific quality rather than general fitness. The Wingate anaerobic test is the best known: thirty seconds of all-out pedalling against a resistance set from body mass, producing a peak power, a mean power and a fatigue index. It is brutal, it is everywhere in sport science, and two questions decide whether it is worth running on an athlete: how repeatable are its numbers, and do they mean anything for performance outside the lab?
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