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The Wingate test has also been used as a basis to design newer tests in the same vein, [4] and others that use running as the exercise instead of cycling. [5] Sprint interval testing such as is similar to the construction of the Wingate test has been shown to increase both aerobic and anaerobic performance.
Concept2, Inc. is an American manufacturer of rowing equipment and exercise machines based in Morrisville, Vermont.It is best known for its air resistance indoor rowing machines (known as "ergometers" or "ergs"), which are considered the standard training and testing machines for competition rowers and can be found in most gyms.
Henry S. Wingate was born in Talas, Ottoman Empire, and raised in Northfield, Minnesota. [3] He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College in 1927 and a law degree from the University of Michigan in 1929. [3] [4] He served Inco in 1930 while on the staff of its general counsel. He was named assistant secretary of that corporation in 1935.
An indoor rower, or rowing machine, is a machine used to simulate the action of watercraft rowing for the purpose of exercise or training for rowing.Modern indoor rowers are known as ergometers (colloquially erg or ergo) because they measure work performed by the rower (that can be measured in ergs).
Cybex International was founded in the late 1960s as "The Cybex Ergometer Company" in Ronkonkoma, New York. It was acquired by Lumex, which was traded publicly on the American Stock Exchange. At that time, it manufactured isokinetic rehabilitation equipment. In 1995, Lumex sold its medical supply business and changed its name to Cybex (AMEX ...
S&P Global Ratings (previously Standard & Poor's and informally known as S&P) is an American credit rating agency (CRA) and a division of S&P Global that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks, bonds, and commodities.
Ergometer may refer to: Exercise machine, equipped with an apparatus for measuring the work performed by exercising; Indoor rower, called an ergometer by rowers; An instrument for measuring the amount of work done by human muscles; Ergometer comes from the Greek words ergon (ἔργον), meaning work, and metron (μέτρον), meaning measure ...
Egan-Jones Ratings Company is an American credit rating agency that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO) founded in 1995 to provide "timely, accurate credit ratings." [ 1 ] Egan-Jones rates the credit worthiness of issuers looking to raise capital in private credit markets across a range of asset classes.