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Rowing Fitness Testing

Shown here are examples that are used for rowing testing as part of the eTID program. This is just a simple example, there are many other tests that you could use for testing rowers, such as skinfold testing, VO2max test.

Tests

• standing height
• body mass
• arm span
• 500m rowing ergo test
• 2km rowing ergo test

Source of Tests

The above tests are used for talent identification testing of rowing athletes in Australia. The National Talent Identification and Development (NTID) program at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) have developed an online talent identification tool (eTID). Through the eTID website individuals are able to submit results from fitness tests done at home, and if the results are up to a certain level they will invite you to be tested further and placed into a talent identification program.

Related Pages

• about eTID - online electronic talent identification
• Fitness Testing for Sports
• List of Fitness Tests