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The big guys tend to win because they have good technique, fitness, more muscles and bigger lungs to feed those muscles. <br /><br />Technique is technique and anyone can train to gain good technique regardless of size; just requires patience and practice.<br /><br />Fitness comes next and needs pra...

I attended a local university sports science lab last year for some testing to include lactate and VO2. For what it is worth to anyone the results were as follows.<br /><br />Step test was 7 x 4 min with 1 min rests during which blood samples taken.<br /><br />Pace lactate HR<br /><br />2:12 1.48 10...

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<!--QuoteBegin-row4lyfe+Jan 21 2006, 09:17 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(row4lyfe @ Jan 21 2006, 09:17 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->this year we have done 2 2ks..one at a 24 (7:...

Brian,<br /><br />This puts the endless debates about techinque and training programmes into true perspective.<br /><br />Great story. More power to your stroke.<br /><br />best wishes<br /><br />Neil

Mark,<br /><br />Fair enough; we all have difficult patches. For me it is getting back into the steady 60 mins rows. <br /><br />I find that post BIRC training this is not easy and so I am using 20, 22 and 24 spm pyramids to hit 1:53 average split whereas before I started to work at 2k speed I was d...

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No.<br /><br />steady 10k has different effect.<br /><br />10x1k is too much if trying to get the best benefit from 1k work and 20 sec recovery is not much use either.<br /><br />If you are using the 1k to develop speed then 4 x 1k with say 5 min rest is much better.<br /><br />If you want base fitn...

Not sure about abs but certainly work on the core muscles will be beneficial. This will help maintain good upright posture. (For example whn starting the recovery helping to bring the body "up and over" the hips and just before starting the drive ensuring that body i.e. back stabilised and can be he...

Do not normally record days training but I am now starting to get back into training after BIRC a week complete rest and a week of illness <br /><br />Concentrating on getting stroke and fitness right again so trying to put the distance in. <br /><br />Yesterday was 60 min steady at 1:56.<br /><br /...

Behind you - to avoid being distracted

Then there is the "oh so cool" type who thinks he has text book technique, low stroke rate, sub 1:55 splits, rows for at least 20 min steady and with no straps.<br /><br />Not so many of these about but generally can be recognised by aloof nature, arrogant stare, tutting at those who "clank the chai...

Bad day at the office for me.<br /><br />Training suggested around 6:40 but only managed 6:49.5. This was slightly lower than my one and only previous 2k attempt. <br /><br />Despite well rehearsed plan I started too fast, both split and spm, and for too long so after first 500m it was really about ...

I altered my diet just a bit and rowed most days (building up to 60 min sessions). Lost 1-1.5lb on average per week over 20 weeks or so. Small changes and rowing worked for me. So slow and steady did the trick.<br /><br />Neil