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- March 20th, 2020, 3:36 pm
- Forum: Health & Fitness
- Topic: Lower Back Pain??
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2670
Re: Lower Back Pain??
Strength coach Will (posts on this site) has a website where he cites studies that hamstring exercises are effective in relieving lower back problems for rowers. He likes exercises with an inflatable ball. I have one and am doing these. Here is his web page, you have to look around, he has you-tube ...
- March 20th, 2020, 3:28 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: The Virus thread - Is COVID-19 affecting your training program?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 9171
The virus thread
How is your routine impacted by the virus? For me fitness center and rowing club closed down and my own rowing machine is in Austria where I cannot get to it. So now mostly jogging and have a stationary bike available. Lots of squat jumps. May not be a bad idea to take a break off rowing since after...
- February 17th, 2020, 5:16 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Is it possible to drop 1 minute from my 2k in 2 years?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3388
Re: Is it possible to drop 1 minute from my 2k in 2 years?
Plan instead to increase the number of sessions per week. You are not even doing what 60 year old fitness enthusiast do. How do you think this will amount to something?
- February 17th, 2020, 5:10 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Coming off the seat - help
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3553
Re: Coming off the seat - help
It happened to me once at the start of a 1K. I was sitting on a towel to boot!!
Solution: no towel, raise the footplate. Raising the footplate proved helpful all around.
Solution: no towel, raise the footplate. Raising the footplate proved helpful all around.
- February 7th, 2020, 8:33 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
- Replies: 10188
- Views: 1679738
Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
That's excellent. Keep at it, you are not nearly at your limit yet.Dean Rogers wrote: ↑February 7th, 2020, 7:23 pmStarted a week ago on the rower at the gym.
Today I tried a drag of 143 and pulled 126.5.
Cheers Rogers over.
- January 17th, 2020, 1:22 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: [In]decent Intervals
- Replies: 318
- Views: 77007
Re: [In]decent Intervals
I use the assault bike on occasion. On this my maximum power output for durations 2-10mins is about 20%
higher than on the rowing machine. Do you notice something similar comparing the rower to the bike erg?
higher than on the rowing machine. Do you notice something similar comparing the rower to the bike erg?
- January 17th, 2020, 10:45 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Intervals effort and progression
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2692
Re: Intervals effort and progression
I am suffering on intervals and in earlier times could even be nauseous. I now refuse to go that far and have become "flexible". E.g.: I plan on doing 3 x 1500 and have some idea of the pace but am too fast on Nr. 1,2. I am then willing to cancel Nr. 3 if the first two feel hard enough. I do the sam...
- January 15th, 2020, 3:56 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Impact of exercise on cardiovascular system?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4182
- January 14th, 2020, 6:06 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Impact of exercise on cardiovascular system?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4182
Re: Impact of exercise on cardiovascular system?
Intensity is not measured by how hard it feels but simply by power output period. To do a high intensity set you need to be warmed up but not tired. The set itself needs to have some impact, meaning you should be whacked, otherwise it serves no purpose. Such sets are needed to maximize 5K performanc...
- January 13th, 2020, 6:08 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Impact of exercise on cardiovascular system?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4182
Re: Impact of exercise on cardiovascular system?
How can you say this when you don't know the speed? Simply because it is not possible to extend a 15-24minute max pace to 3 hours. 5K rowing takes anywhere from 15-24 minutes (depending on rower). It is very simple: the shorter the distance the higher the maximally possible pace. The best you can h...
- January 13th, 2020, 5:20 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Impact of exercise on cardiovascular system?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4182
Re: Impact of exercise on cardiovascular system?
Regarding your question: 60 miles and 1000-2000 m elevation gain is a solid daily effort on a human-powered bicycle. This is at intensity below even UT2, therefore much lower than 5K intensity. That's why you are losing performance on the 5K. During the last vacation I kept myself fit in the high i...
- January 13th, 2020, 4:46 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training for 30 minute max distance
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3211
Re: Training for 30 minute max distance
Ok, how many reps of the intervals would you recommend? It all depends on the pace. You are now at about 200W for 30 mins (which is good for being out of shape). You could try 216W for the intervals at 24spm (9W/stroke). In the beginning it is not too important how many reps you do since you have t...
- January 10th, 2020, 1:52 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training for 30 minute max distance
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3211
Re: Training for 30 minute max distance
It was intended as a guideline once he is in shape.MartinSH4321 wrote: ↑January 10th, 2020, 1:13 pmThis SPIs won't help him, his current level is >7,5k for 30' (or >203W), a 30R19 with SPI 11 is already 209W, I guess that's your training routine?
- January 10th, 2020, 12:43 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training for 30 minute max distance
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3211
Re: Training for 30 minute max distance
1:27 for 500m is better than 7500m for 30 mins. So you seem to have more power than endurance. This suggests that you approach the 30 mins "from below", i.e. training at distances below 30mins and paces above 30min pace, then try to extend it to 30 mins on a lucky day. This is really possible. In an...
Re: Asensei
I looked at these sessions too and extracted some ideas for my own use. The sessions are all defined by stroke rate and are very demanding. I cannot complete some of them even if I pull only 10W per stroke. Pulling 11W per stroke I blow up on most of them. Depending on your goals (e.g. 1K race) 10W ...