Wingate test

Question 1

What does the winagte test measure?

Answer 1

peak anaerobic power

Anaerobic (work) capacity of the lower body

Question 2

what weight does the client cycle at?

Answer 2

7.5% of their bodyweight

Question 3

is the Wingate test reliable and valid?

Answer 3

is it valid and reproducible- correlates well to the MAOD (maximal accumulated oxygen deficit)
-is more popular than valid

Question 4

what does the Wingate work out? PP, MP, FI

Answer 4

1. peak power- the greatest power exerted -first 3-5 seconds
2. mean power- average power over 30s, total work done
3. fatigue index- difference between PP and end power output (expressed as a percentage of PP) % decline

Question 5

Wingate considerations?

Answer 5

1.flywheel- the flywheel has mechanical resistance which may hinder the PP and MP of the client
2. 7.5% of BW- is the 7.5% peak for everyone? someones peak power might be at 10% of their BW
fat vs muscle- someone who has a lot of muscle is going to have great power than someone who is just fat, yet they both weigh the same so will have same resistance on the bike!!
3- says it measures AnWorkCap- but is 30s long enough to deplete all ATP stores? not a true reflection of ANWCap
4- increase the time to 40s?
-pacing
-exhaustion
-studies have shown that there is an aerobic contribution as little as 2 seconds into the 30s sprint
-at 30s there is roughly 20-40% aerobic contribution

Question 6

how do you do the test?

Answer 6

1-open up Monark
2-add group (random)
3-add person (first and last initials)
-weight!!!! and height, gender, age but not necessary
-do a warm-up (3 minutes at 100W, 5 second sprint, 2 minutes at 100W)
4- RUN TEST - change from 5 to 30s
-make sure its no.2 manual drop
-check workload is 7.5% put weight onto basket (1kg less and basket is 1kg)
-do seat height and set it
PRESS OK
-explain test procedure (3,2,1 GO) manually drop basket

Question 7

how is peak power calculated?

Answer 7

force (amount of kilograms on the basket) x total distance (amount of pedal revolutions) / time (in minutes)

Question 8

how is anaerobic capacity calculated?

Answer 8

expressed in kilogram joules (1kg = 9.804 joules)

-adding each 5 second peak power output intervals

Question 9

how is fatigue index calculated?

Answer 9

the peak power (PP) minus the lowest power output (usually the end) and multiplied by 100 to get a percentage. expressed as a percentage of PP. % decline!!