Concept2 Forum

Robert, glad to see you're posting regularly again. Have the slides helped you with the problems you were having with your upper back? I know my dynamic having a softer, gentler & instantaneous catch is easier on my body, generally. Yes, and no. The slides have taught me to drive harder (I think "k...

Saturday: AM: 1:00:09.5 15,054m 1:59.8 203 999 21 129 5:00.0 1,205m 2:04.4 181 924 20 120 5:00.0 1,258m 1:59.2 206 1010 22 124 5:00.0 1,273m 1:57.8 214 1036 22 129 5:00.0 1,283m 1:56.9 219 1053 23 131 5:00.0 1,288m 1:56.4 222 1062 23 134 5:00.0 1,294m 1:55.9 225 1073 23 137 5:00.0 1,274m 1:57.7 214 ...

1) know why you got your pacemaker. I have a dual-chamber Biotronik for bradycardia. Keeps it from going under 40 -- so training is no problem. If yours is for tachycardia, then as Mick says, you're going to have an upper limit set on your device. 2) know your device settings. for instance, I know m...

morning, steady UT2 on the slides, 1hr 3min, 15k

afternoon, 90min pedaling around virtual yorkshire on zwift, 260w avg

still feeling the bad cold I had at the start of the month. going to take a while to get some aerobic base back.

I like merril minimalist running shoes on the erg. they're basically a sock with a very thin vibram sole.

last two days -- 15k, 65min. easy, working on chest up, hip angle closed, drive with the legs on the slides.

think I'm finally over all the cold symptoms (sore muscles and fatigue lasted a few days after the snot dried up). maybe bike today -- zwiftland is calling.

bike work was going well for the (possible) coming season, then I got a bad cold for a week. got on the erg yesterday and today. first rows with slides, but no problem -- I actually think it's easier to row with good technique on those because the movement of the erg on the slides tells you if you'r...

Halfway through a de=load week right now -- I've just got on the bike and done 1hr really easy -- avg 208w, HR 100 -- and called it a day. Last week was the finish of the first loading cycle of the year: M -- 2hrs with descending TR intervals -- 10min, 8min, 6min, 4min, 2min. 5min easy recoveries af...

bike session on zwift

2hrs, 250w avg

first hour: warm up, then TR intervals at 350w+ -- 10min, 8min, 6min, 4min, 2min. The 6min was the tough one.
second hour: just steady at 255w

recovery day tomorrow

2 hrs 5min, 2000kj on the bike. looks like my power at low mmol is about where it has been around this time of year -- what I'm really missing is being able to sustain just under maximal lactate steady state for long periods, and I'm missing a lot over MLSS. next training cycle will be a lot of long...

erging will help you cut your losses if you don't ride your bike. if you're riding, then sure, time on the erg is an additional training stimulus, but the carryover is minimal, and vice versa. putting that extra time into the bike would yield more cycling-specific benefit. at the end of last summer ...

good: did 5 very easy 16spm minutes today with no upper back discomfort. will set about getting some slides at the end of the week. good: looks like the bike racing season starts in April (covid allowing). bad: no 50+ this year in the opening races. not so crazy about racing 40-somethings. bad/good:...

Erging makes you better at erging.

Riding a bike makes you better at riding a bike.

Upper back steadily getting there -- probably about 3 weeks away, to stay on the safe side. In two weeks, I'll look for some slides -- mainly as a means of forcing myself to go easily when I do row, as it will take me a while to get the hang of those. And, the emphasis now is on the bike, anyway. We...

rhomboid strain getting better -- still probably about 2-3 weeks away. old muscles do take their time to heal.... 12 hrs on the turbo this week M -- 2hrs easy endurance/UT3, 1500kj Tues -- 2hrs with 5 x 5min TR. 365w avg Wed -- 2 hrs easy endurance, same as Mon Thurs -- Day off Fri -- 2 hrs with 2 x...