Relative Contribution of Arms and Legs in 30 s Fully Tethered Front Crawl Swimming

Table 2

Data collected from the 30 s fully tethered front crawl swimming tests, according to gender.

	Males; (n = 12)	Females; (n = 11)
Maximum force (N)
Whole body	325.4 ± 27.8^†	222.3 ± 61.8
Arm stroke	243.7 ± 27.7^†	168.5 ± 36.2
Leg kicking	100.1 ± 28.2^†	72.0 ± 9.4
Mean force (N)
Whole body	98.8 ± 13.7^†	74.0 ± 12.4
Arm stroke	82.5 ± 12.0^†	56.9 ± 8.7
Leg kicking	35.1 ± 7.6^†	28.4 ± 4.6

Values are mean ± SD; ^†significantly higher than the females (P < 0.01).