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Re: Kart fitness
Posted by 'davidmc' on 17 Feb 2012 @ 15:25

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Yet at a competitive level you will have one day of practice, and one to two days of hard racing (+15min finals). In Europe races can be even longer. To maintain competitiveness you will be doing this almost every weekend all year round. It's not about performing in that single 10 min heat as much as performing race after race, day after day.

"Performance degradation induced by fatigue results in negative effects to vigilance, reaction time, memory recall, psychomotor coordination skills, information processing capabilities, and decision-making skills. As fatigue levels increase, even despite increased effort, poorer performance is still demonstrated."

From a study involving Finnish kart racers:

"Race driving is previously indicated to be physiologically (Jacobs & Olvey 2000; Jacobs et
al. 2002; Lighthall et al. 1994) and psychologically (Scwaberger 1987) demanding. The
present results further indicate that significant loading of the neuromuscular system takes place in competitive driving. In conclusion, this study indicates that while there is high physiological and moderate neuromuscular loading in maximal rowing, competitive race driving seems to be characterised by moderate physiological and high neuromuscular loading. In other words, rowing strains cardio-respiratory system and driving strains also the neuromuscular system due to G-forces and vibration."

Message Thread:

Kart fitness by 'karlbrown' (16 Feb 2012 @ 19:13)

Re: Kart fitness by 'Traxtar' (16 Feb 2012 @ 23:14)

Re: Kart fitness by 'michaelg36' (17 Feb 2012 @ 0:36)

Re: Kart fitness by 'jimwhite' (17 Feb 2012 @ 9:17)

Re: Kart fitness by 'QuickOldTimer' (17 Feb 2012 @ 12:03)

Re: Kart fitness by 'michaelg36' (17 Feb 2012 @ 13:51)

Re: Kart fitness by 'DavyBoy' (17 Feb 2012 @ 15:05)

Re: Kart fitness by 'michaelg36' (17 Feb 2012 @ 16:41)

Re: Kart fitness by 'cjm2009' (17 Feb 2012 @ 9:27)

Re: Kart fitness by 'buzzinrussell' (17 Feb 2012 @ 14:47)

Re: Kart fitness by 'davidmc' << You are here!

Re: Kart fitness by 'castree' (23 Feb 2012 @ 17:35)

Re: Kart fitness by 'castree' (24 Feb 2012 @ 16:23)

Re: Kart fitness by 'MJW' (26 Feb 2012 @ 22:34)

Re: Kart fitness by 'kart300' (26 Feb 2012 @ 22:47)

Re: Kart fitness by 'DavyBoy' (27 Feb 2012 @ 14:21)

Re: Kart fitness by 'buzzinrussell' (27 Feb 2012 @ 15:44)

Re: Kart fitness by 'buzzinrussell' (27 Feb 2012 @ 15:46)

Re: Kart fitness by 'Traxtar' (27 Feb 2012 @ 16:20)

Re: Kart fitness by 'DavyBoy' (27 Feb 2012 @ 20:52)

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