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Week 2.1 - 250m, 500m, 750m, 1000m, 750m, 500m, 250m This is a new one for me. With the heat, I did not know how to pace, even though I had in mind my time on 500, 750 and 1000m intervals. Pete recommended the usual start pace (ie fastest recent 4k+ average pace) and staying at this for the first 4...

The Watts I think would be an issue as many serious users may be interested in comparative performance or meeting thresholds for boat selection. C2's results are the standard. As far as I understood from various YouTube video's: most national teams use time trials for crew selection, and don't look...

3 x 18 mins with 2 mins rest in between and finished with a 4 min row, I tried to keep between 17 & 24 spm and pulled harder, I managed a total of 11100 metres, with an average of 2:42.0 /500 and a best of 2:32 /500, an average of 82 watts with a best of 100 watts, I could do with getting some full...

Still in a bit of a lull motivation-wise going back to early May, but rather than beat myself up about it I recognize it as being a normal part of the cycle of ups and downs over the course of a season. In hindsight, I wonder if the death of our dog in early May also had something to do with just g...

Many people have diverticular disease and don't know about it. I had mine pointed out many times during colonoscopy. I was always told it's wear and tear and mainly lower down on the decending colon, so lower left of abdomen. I've never had a severe flare up just an achey sort of feeling and a bit ...

As said above basically sound technique. Developing on the "disjointed", you are pausing after your arms are out so need to bend your knees straight away. There is also a bit of a jerk at the finish, try and keep a smooth action in and back out. As for handle height, its fine to drop it at the start...

Great advice above. Picking from this: 1. "talk test" to establish bands is IMHO better than the formulae if you prefer to work on HR. 2. Rowing with bent arms means your arms need to provide the same force as your legs during the leg drive for no added power so "recorded" power will be lower than e...

For a maximal 10k you need to row at a fairly constant pace through the Anaerobic threshold that will have your body shouting at you to slow down! Most people plateau on the same training, so time to change it. I don't do conventional strength sessions, but every night seems excessive if you want to...

I'd agree with Stu. But first you need to be clear on what you are trying to achieve. If you want your high quality training to be Crossfit, 3 hard sessions a week is upper end so I would NOT recommend further even moderately higher intensity sessions. As for HR, not sure where your 140 comes from, ...

Tried rating higher in intervals and keeping to my anaerobic threshold HR (176-183 HR, around, with 55 RHR and 205 MHR). 2:07 r27, 2:07 r27, 2:07 r27, 2:06 r28, 2:03 r29 and I had 1+ interval to spare. A bit disappointed that higher rate didnt result in a lot more speed, but to be fair I was holdin...

At a certainty, if the handle (correctly) gives lower watts or calories than the rower's built in display then the rower's user will be mad at the handle. And if the handle were to get a few more inputs and display a fitness 'age' that was 15 years younger than actual age then people would love it....

Have you ever done a max HR test or gone absolute flat out on intervals until you physically can’t take it anymore and I mean it? Gone on rowing races? If not 147 is probably not accurate. I'd agree with this. 220-age tends to underestimate for older and trained people, but there is such a large va...

I planned to use the hard distance session of week 2 to put down a 5k pb as well. But since I've never attempted one before it's hard to determine a realistic pace.... judging from our other results, your split +8 to 9 seconds should be about my target. :) Pete claimed that ytou can do the 5 x 1500...

I find higher rate lower work is more effective in doing this and avoids the tiring of muscles that will likely limit performance on a session like this. That said, one burst is a good example to establish what you need to deliver. The warmup needed is significant. I went up to UT1 in 5 min then di...

Thanks for that, I wasn't really comparing to anyone on here just averages that I had found when looking online for someone of my height, i also have short legs and a belly which obviously affects stroke length, I will try to slow down and spend more time on recovery and see how that goes, apprecia...