ABSTRACT
We measured the power that sprinters and non-athletes put out by Monark's bicycle ergometer under eight work loads from light to heavy.<BR>Also we measured the power that was put out when sprinters and non-athletes repeated the work that recorded the maximum power respectively 10 and 9 times.<BR>The results were as follows :<BR>1) Large difference was not found between the largest power of sprinters and that of non-athletes in the works of 3 or 4 kp light work loads. But considerable difference between the largest power of sprinters and that of non-athletes was found as the work loads got on heavy from 5 to 7 kp. Sprinters who had best record of 10''7-10''9 in 100 meters dash put out the maximum power (90.4-105.8kgm/sec) under the work loads of 7 or 8 kp. On the other hand non-athletes put out the maximum power (62.1-85.2kgm/sec) under the work loads of 5 or 6 kp.<BR>2) As the work loads got on heavy from 5 to 7 kp, such a large difference between sprinters and non-athletes was not found in forces, but remarkable difference was found in speed. And sprinters were better in speed under comparatively heavier work loads than non-athletes. This was a factor which caused the large difference in the max-imum power between sprinters and non-athletes.<BR>3) The maximum powers which were put out by all subjects except two sprinters were situated on almost a straight line. But those of two sprinters were situated on the left of that line. This means that two sprinters excelled power output especially in speed.<BR>4) When sprinters and non-athletes repeated the work which put out the maximum power respectively 10 and 9 times, having a rest for 4 minutes between the works, the powers did not indicate great decline from 1 to 910 times in both sprinters and non-athletes. But when they repeated the same work, having a rest for 1 mimute between the works, the powers indicated a considerable decline from about 5 to 910 times in both sprinters and non-athletes. And the rate of those decline did not indicate great difference between sprinters and non-athletes.<BR>5) We found out three types on the power output in both sprinters and non-athletes as follows : (1) compared with the power decline from 4 to 5 sec, the rate of that from 5 to 6 sec was considerably high, (2) the power declined from 4 to 6 sec, and the rate of this decline was comparatively small, (3) the rate of power decline 4 to 6 sec was wholly maintained high.