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What I couldn’t hear in that race video is if Paul Buchanan broke 6:00. Has he done it yet? I know he has been working on that for a bit. Maybe it’s behind him now

40 days of curls. 3 x 8. Add weight when it makes sense.

I quit dipping Copenhagen cold turkey on 12/12/17. I was up to 4 cans a day ($28) and had been chewing since I was probably 12. I was daily by the age of 16. I set a date about a month out, prayed for willingness every day until that day, then... quit. I was told the 1st 3 weeks would be the hardes...

Tough break Gams. Keep deadlifting with light weight while you are healing. Keep it moving. It will heal

Tough one. Your program sounds OK, especially if you stick to it! It’s hard to do all we want within the confines of a week. Not knowing your age, we have to deal with recovery. It’s hard to do all of it to the max, so picking a focus and filling in around that might make sense. For instance if your...

In a boat, there is more forgiveness on the joints it seems. Jumping off the footplate on an erg (or rebounding off it) on hard concrete flooring less so and an acute knee angle could cause soreness. Also pushing off a closed knee angle, as mentioned, doesn’t put you in the most powerful drive posit...

On the erg, I would get your shins to perpendicular and not overcompress. Flexibility / mobility, anthropometry along with girth will determine if knees open out, I think. It’s ok if they do a little, but like with most things, straight lines are more efficient. Being short, I try to get length in t...

That’s how I’ve integrated bike too. Mostly because my focus is on rowing. And locking into a steady state in the bike is real easy - I can maintain a very steady hr on it and it’s very comfortable

Small things, but HR readings can change day to day. When it gets warm and humid, response changes. If you are dehydrated it does. Other stressors in life, sleep challenges, drinking too much, etc.

3.5” per split and only twicet. Couple extra turns on the tach and all those deadlifts and squats will see you good. Rate IS the multiplier. :oops: Sneaking up on it Jack in my normal mental state of anxiety. Thought I was there a few weeks ago. OTW practices tax the legs and dictate the schedule a...

30’ W/U bike and erg
1K r26 @ 3:40.7 (blind)
1K r32 @ 3:24.9 (blind)

PB will be tough to get. Probably will need r36. Wasn’t as strong today.

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To be 30 again...you are in your prime, my friend. Masters rowing sprint racing is over 1K. To me it is so much more friendly than a 2K and allows training to be more balanced. I feel like the strength training carries over a little more, or maybe the time spent doing weight training doesn’t negativ...

Yup. Watch how fast an Olympians breathing comes back down. Amazing.

Jack - I knew you were slacking that whole time we were training together Me too. And Pieman, and Mike, and Blood and....

Just watch Eric Murray’s training videos and you can see that he suffers just like the rest of us do. Yes, he has won a genetic lottery and has maximized its benefits through amazingly hard work, but it doesn’t keep him from hurting at his max efforts. Or if you saw the Boat Race this year and saw t...