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- September 25th, 2020, 9:31 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: What Training Have You Done Today?
- Replies: 32069
- Views: 4936204
Re: What Training Have You Done Today?
On a whim, to keep myself amused, I did 30/30 for the first time ever, having vaguely remembered it from a running book. 10min elliptics 5min warmup 20 x 30/30 1:57.3 32spm 30s HD Rest until I felt OK 12 x 30/30 1:58.4 33spm 30s HD 7min 2:18 20spm warmdown My best was 1:55/500 - not bad, for me. Tha...
- August 27th, 2020, 4:34 pm
- Forum: Cross-Training
- Topic: rowing as cross training for a marathon
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3374
Re: rowing as cross training for a marathon
I'm reviving this thread, as I am transitioning out of a "rowing only" phase, forced by a calf injury, to a rowing/running mix.I have a big race in a couple of months and I really want to be in top shape. Time is short. For my easy days, I'm experimenting with rowing, 6-8k at 2.5W/kg, followed by an...
- August 4th, 2020, 3:16 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Short people problems?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2045
Re: Short people problems?
I'm an even smaller rower, also old, so my results show what's possible. Far from the lofty heights of the forum stars. I don't think that there are any special "tricks for the shorter/lighter rower". You have already had the benefit of the wisdom of the forum sages. I use a damping factor of about ...
- July 28th, 2020, 2:15 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Aerobic base building
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1813
Re: Aerobic base building
Hello MSY, I am in a similar situation to you. I was running 50-60k/week until a month ago. Then an old shin injury flared up, so I fell back on erging for my cardio fix. Then I managed to strain a lat (God knows how). After three weeks of slowly raising the damping factor and avoiding too violent a...
- July 22nd, 2020, 9:53 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: What Training Have You Done Today?
- Replies: 32069
- Views: 4936204
Re: What Training Have You Done Today?
A tentative 2 x 2k at df 75, 2:19. A few weeks ago, I was chugging along nicely at 7k a day, then I pulled some muscle or other in my upper back, which stopped all rowing. At the same time, the recurrence of an old shin injury stopped me running, so ... no cardio for two weeks :shock: . Just when I ...
- July 6th, 2020, 8:43 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: What Training Have You Done Today?
- Replies: 32069
- Views: 4936204
Re: What Training Have You Done Today?
50 Km takes me approx 4H 45 M (one 3 minute break for drinking) --- being 56 year old white collar worker with to much flesh on the bone.... done 3 x 100 kms ---- basically a mentally challenge just as much as a physical one I would say I agree with the mental challenge part. Rowing even 10k with s...
- July 1st, 2020, 10:23 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: What Training Have You Done Today?
- Replies: 32069
- Views: 4936204
Re: What Training Have You Done Today?
What is classed as grey zone? Between 70% HR capped sessions and 90-100% sessions. All my training is in that zone, has been for the last 15 years. That's interesting. There is a recurrent theme that keeping it slow is the only way. And here's some who's top of the World rankings daring to say that...
- July 1st, 2020, 10:08 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Help needed improving power generated each stroke
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2294
Re: Help needed improving power generated each stroke
Jonathan, I'm even shorter and considerably lighter than you are. Older also :( . Loads of excellent advice here, as ever. I've been using this follow along session from Dark Horse rowing to improve my technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pymKHcywkuc Find out how it feels to row at 12spm! I no...
- June 30th, 2020, 12:53 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: What Training Have You Done Today?
- Replies: 32069
- Views: 4936204
Re: What Training Have You Done Today?
I'm now one month into my comeback, but I just had to take a 10 day break due to a muscle pull in my ribs. I'm not even sure how I got it. Today, I sat down on the rower and decided to do a hard 5k on a whim. Almost changed my mind after 1k, but got my oomph back and carried on to the bitter end. 21...
- June 17th, 2020, 3:57 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Newbie here, need feedback on form.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1619
Re: Newbie here, need feedback on form.
I'm late to the party, but I just wanted to add that as you are using Dark Horse Rowing, I have found his Beginner's 20min session with drills very useful and fun. I do it most days as a reminder. There are little bits of all the good stuff, including strapless. What I found particularly useful was ...
- June 16th, 2020, 3:40 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: What Training Have You Done Today?
- Replies: 32069
- Views: 4936204
Re: What Training Have You Done Today?
After two weeks back on the rowing bandwagon, I'm getting some Mojo back. Borrowed someone else's recent session of 4 x 2k with 4min rest. Had no idea what pace I could/should be at, so I played around with the pace/spm, just having fun. It's going to be a few more weeks before I can have a shot at ...
- June 16th, 2020, 3:31 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: What Training Have You Done Today?
- Replies: 32069
- Views: 4936204
Re: What Training Have You Done Today?
All worked well till about 1k, legs were fresh and the effort felt easier than last week's 1,25k prep. Than I inhaled a fly, could hardly breath and instantly had to stop. I would call this "force majeure"! First time this happened during rowing, only a few times on the bike, bad luck! What terribl...
- June 14th, 2020, 4:52 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
- Replies: 9656
- Views: 1504643
Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
Great stuff, Rod! What a roll you're on. You're an inspiration to us older, LW rowers.
- June 14th, 2020, 4:38 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Importance of stretching?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2132
Re: Importance of stretching?
I don't think that stretching helps my rowing much. I just do it to keep generally fit. Damned if I'm going to end up like one of those hunched-up old men that you see. Also I had a stiff neck that was diagnosed as slight arthritis, so I do lots of spinal flexibility exercises to keep that at bay, i...
- June 14th, 2020, 9:22 am
- Forum: Cross-Training
- Topic: Rowing speed vs running speed
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4033
Re: Rowing speed vs running speed
I too row faster than I run, despite being totally the wrong size and shape for rowing. My best 5k running, since turning 60, is 22:11, whereas for rowing it's 21:03 (that was a good day). For 10k running, my only effort (whilst tearing a knee meniscus) is 48:10, whereas rowing it's 43:(whatever it...