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All what works for you and your recovery capabilities. 80/20 easy/hard work ratio is always a good point to start with and your ratio is ballpark around that, so - yes :) I think the initial idea was that 80/20 was sessions rather than distance. As every TR/AT session should have warm up and cooldo...

My feet rotate outwards, and I learned to row strapless as it improves technique but also removes strain on my knees during the session. Never been an issue since for me. I'm not saying it applies to you, but I found when I tried to row strapless that as I "relaxed" I was actually inadvertently gri...

I think it was Mike C that suggested that the change above was due to tiring of the slow twitch muscles so that the fast twitch is used more often than is comfortable. Doesn't explain an HR decline 'though. I noticed a significant HR decline when I hit the wall, so maybe this does happen with increa...

From video, I can only think it is the flick of your wrist at the finish. Did you used to row OTW? The action is different as you don't have the weight of the oar to push against. It may be that when pushing and tired you are increasing this that will not extend the stroke much anyway.

Can't see video as at work, but if you aren't gripping hard (note that this might not be continuous, just as you tire or try and push on), my only suggestion is that you might be gripping with too little of your fingers and it is trying to grip with less purchase on the handle that might cause your ...

For me breathing is more or less the same pattern on every rate and kind of 1 1/2 per stroke. Wow, at VO2Max (more accurately on distances around 2k), when fit my biggest struggle is with feeling I cannot get enough air in. As an asthmatic my breathing is not the fastest (especially from April to A...

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April 16th, 2025, 5:27 pm

Breathing at r20 is no problem

On all out 30R20 I have sometimes resorted to breathing 3 times per stroke, so R20 is more like R30 for breathing rate and so I have found R20 sometimes taxes my breathing (compounded by my doing far too little at rates over R19!). Am I alone in this?

I’ll go hard, but not eyes-bleeding hard. Once a week at most for tough sessions, the rest is just... mildly unpleasant. This is perfect! Erging summed up in a nutshell! The "Mildly Unpleasant"? Are you sure you are doing the right sport if that is how you feel? I do have a love/hate relationship w...

Never come across this (left healthcare 35 years ago so a positive dinosaur). As someone with arthritis with relatives who are awaiting joint replacements, very interested. Is this an alternative to a hip replacement? How long is it expected to last? (One issue is that an artificial hip only has an ...

Never taken it and no special expertise, but it seems to me that CBD is intended to achieve the same as relaxation, so learning to truly relax (sometimes referred to as self-hypnosis and techniques include meditations) seems a good healthy alternative. Not to disparage the use of drugs for this (the...

I’ve tried jumping from 25 to 28 spm and it’s brutal at first, but it does start to click. Just gotta convince the lungs to get on board. Its about getting the breathing right as you need as much oxygen in a much shorter time. It is key if training with shorter intervals that you maintain the same ...

...It's not my best result, but I'm quite proud of it as I inexplicably almost HDed at 2km into the 10 mins. It was one of those rare, from nowhere moments that suddenly smack you in the face. Well done Stu, not sure of any defense to the H/D Daemon ambush as there is no time to rationalise keeping...

8x500m/2:00r. A session PB by 3.7s, average pace 1:37.7/500m. I should really change the rest to 90 seconds, but it's a hard enough session to face as it is! Time Meters S/M HR 13:02.2 4,000 35 Why? It would just mean a slower pace, for me at least! Only useful if you aren't doing any "longer" inte...

I continued one handed as best I could, just grabbed a cycling bottle with its lid off and chugged some electrolytes down, didn't seem to cost me much. Appreciate the point on timings around the splits, I only set the timer as a reminder for me. I "chased" the second split as it was close to 20mins...

WHile there are studies showing all things being equal doing more produces the most improvement, there are plenty that show that doing1-2 harder sessions a week leads to faster improvements in the medium (>2months) as well as the short (<6 weeks) term. As usual, I do agree with you, but let's not f...