Rob wrote: Cadence vs efficiency has been thoroughly studied in bicycling. Actually, LOW cadences (around 60 RPM) seem to have the best "efficiency", in terms of converting oxygen to output power However, as one pedals faster,eventually the power output drops to nothing. Most folks will find that they cannot physically pedal much faster than 140 - 150 RPM. At this point, the power has dropped off, just as it does with an internal combustion engine. All the effort is going into making the legs move fast, nothing left over to make the bike move. The efficiency is down to zero at this point. If I want to get my heart rate up to its max while paddling, I shorten my stroke, raise my stroke rate and flail away. My heart rate goes up, water flies everywhere and the boat hardly moves. At my usual 50 strokes per minute, the boat goes very nicely. And my pulse rate is about 100. Jim Tibensky _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri May 18 2001 - 11:43:26 PDT
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:30:42 PDT