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BPP 9.1, 9000m After an awful end to last week (was fatigued with lack of sleep and under eating), wanted to start this week right. Took a couple days off and made sure to sleep/eat properly. Wanted to do some rate work with this session at a constant pace. Discovered that I can easily settle into 1...

Hello all. First post with a dumb question about the BPP I didn't see answered anywhere: Looking at Week 1 for instance, we see three core workouts followed by two additionals in brackets. What is the intended daily schedule for these? Are they intended to be completed straight through M-TU-W-TH-F ...

hi all...have been off the rower (and everything else) for a couple of weeks with a cold. At the age of 49 the common cold seems to wipe me out for a couple of weeks from doing any hard exercise. Decided I'd had enough time off so went for a 6K hard effort for PP 2.5. Probably not the best idea for...

BPP 7.2, 7x500, 2' rest After an awful 8k the other day, I went into this interval session yesterday with guarded apprehension. Turns out it was my best row so far on the BPP. First time averaging under 1:50/500m :) https://i.imgur.com/gaj4kle.png Today's 8k (BPP 7.3) was a nice recovery row, UT2 @ ...

I don't know about the logbook, but the PM5 takes the HR at the end of the interval. That's why I set the intervals to be short. For example, you could' break 8k into 50 160m splits to get a better average. Interesting, Ray - seems strange that it picked up a HR that wasn't even in the file. Oh wel...

BPP 7.1, 8000m I wanted to try to match my time on last week's 7500m - and beat it just slightly. This workout didn't feel great though - I was a little dehydrated and probably didn't warm up enough. HR drifted a touch on the last 3200m and I had to constantly back off the pace. Also - wondering if ...

Thanks for this Martin, what a resource! I’ll take a look. Might try the lighter program as just don’t have the time for 6 sessions a week. Sounds like a funny question, but do you just let the screen reset itself during the rest periods? And then start rowing again? And does the concept2 keep a re...

BPP 6.4 (optional), 5000m I went into this with the intent to stick to my last 7500m pace, but that first 500m felt so good I decided to push it up a bit. My last long piece was at an easy UT1, so here I wanted to stay in AT. Ended up nearly 2 minutes faster than my 1st 5k at the beginning of the BP...

Hey Will!! You're awesome for taking the time to do this :) My question: I've been suffering from medial epicondylitis for about a year with varying intensity. It does not impact my rowing (on the erg) at all, but it does flare up from certain movements in the gym. I'm following a plan with strictl...

Hey Will!! You're awesome for taking the time to do this :) My question: I've been suffering from medial epicondylitis for about a year with varying intensity. It does not impact my rowing (on the erg) at all, but it does flare up from certain movements in the gym. I'm following a plan with strictly...

Ray, I must admit I was a little confused whe I saw your numbers - until you mentioned it was on the SkiErg :) How does that compare, intensity-wise, to the C2? Definitely loving these newbie gains! Did the 2nd 7500m piece - BPP 6.3 - today and my avg split was 3 seconds faster than last week’s 7000...

BPP 6.2, 3x2000m/4' rest So I mistakenly forgot to set the rest period on the PM5, so it kind of messed up the rhythm of the session. Had to create a new workout for the 2nd and 3rd intervals In any case, the first 2k felt really good - I didn't feel that it was anywhere close to an "all out" and ha...

https://i.postimg.cc/JtvdsfrF/20190322-071630.jpg A session to test my excuses/ resolve. Intended to do half at a good pace and then slow down. I managed to keep it going until 7.5k and then slowed down...and then got carried away again. Nice sweaty metres. Nice work! I’ve only just started trainin...

BPP 6.1 7500m Wanted to push myself a little on this one, so I upped the rate to r21 and planned to stay within high UT1 / AT (155-161). Felt really good - actually can start to feel the impacts of improved fitness - took longer to get up to target HR, and needed less backing off to keep it under 16...

That part is a killer for me as well. However doing 10k a day but eating similar to what I did previously when I wasn't actively rowing - it's making a difference. I think I'm a miserable person to be around if I'm really hungry, so I eat when I'm hungry. My food choices are pretty basic, because I...