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Unfortunately, the pain in my ribs is not over yet and it had even increased after the previous rowing session. So I am going to have to put rowing on hold for a few days in hopes that it will heal quickly. As a replacement I will try to do some biking and running. Week 2.1 - 250m, 500m, 750m, 1000m...

I don't know where you are based, but I encounter a new hurdle - the hot weather. Ah, there are so many ways you can spin the broken pieces and I'm hesitant to say "try this workout" over the internet however, if you fancy a little variety, Stu (Dangerscouse) introduced me to 30:00/20:00/10:00 (rec...

Week 1 Day 3 [5 x 1.500m] I took a pounding in the ribs during a soccer tournament this weekend which left me with some muscle pain in that area. So applying a lot of power was difficult today. But since experienced rowers suggested earlier not to start too fast with the first interval sessions of t...

Week 1 Day 6 - steady state 12.5k Today I literally did a lunch hour session: 12.5k - 1:00:34 (split 2:24). The longest session in the BPP plan was 12k, so I immediately took the bull by the horns to add 500m during week 1 of the Pete plan. Hopefully I can continue to build up the distances with 500...

How many steady state sessions do you intend to fit in a training week? I quite like alternating between a broken and unbroken piece, but definitely more partial to the latter in the warmer weather. I am not young anymore, so recovery is a parameter. Ideally 3 sessions/week. I set up an trial versi...

Week 1 - Day 1,2,4 and 5. * 2 x steady state + 2k hard distance After finishing the BPP plan I did a 2k trial with a 6k steady state session the days before and after the trial. I consider those as my first three sessions of the plan (one hard distance and two steady states). Since I don't have a pe...

Thanks for starting this topic DJ1972. I am definitely jumping on the bandwagon! I started rowing last October and 8 months later I'm at almost 1M meters on my rowing machine (957k to be exact) and also finished the BPP plan last week, so I'm in a very similar situation than you. I don't know yet ho...

Well, after completing the BPP a couple of weeks ago, today was the day for my 2k attempt. Around Week 16-18 I suddenly and unexpectedly became interested in attempting this, but by Week 24 that urge had dissipated. And yet, if I'm ever going to attempt a 2k, now would be a good time, and possibly ...

Yesterday I decided to do a light steady state session leading up to my 2k trial. Seemed like a good opportunity to see how, based on heart rate, my cardio has evolved since starting the plan. Just before I started the BPP plan I did a 6k at 2:25 and my average heart rate ended up to be 147. It wasn...

So my rower arrived today, was able to sync up with the ErgData app and gave it a whirl…and I am very excited and have some questions now. Relatively healthy, 53 years old. Are there suggestions for data I may be looking at more important than other data? I was taking (what I thought) was a relativ...

It did not got according to plan but the result is a lot better than expected. My legs had no energy at the end, and this is where normally I am stronger. Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M 7:25.9 2,000 1:51.4 253 1169 28 167 0:55.2 250 1:50.4 260 1195 28 157 0:55.8 500 1:51.6 252 1166 28 162 0:55.6...

A few weeks ago I did 8x500 2r at 2:05.9 with a final rep of 2:03.5, but 500 isn't 1,000, and 1,000 isn't 2,000. Nevertheless, I don't think that 2:06 is an insane goal, regardless of whether or not I reach it. I looked in my log, and a month ago I did 4x1k 3r at 2:09.0 average 3x1k 3r - after last...

Week 24.5 [4 x 1k] The final session of the BPP plan and the last big test before my 2k time trial. In week 16 I achieved 4 x 1:59. In week 21 I collapsed after one rep and put in 1:59, 2:01, 2:05 and 2:05 in which was probably my worst session of the plan. The result of today was a bit mixed, with ...

I wonder how do you recover from 5 sessions a week, with all of them at least UT1, maybe even AT? I thought you also had other things to do? Do you have any tips for this? When I mentionned five sessions a week, it was for simplicity reasons for not making the post too long. In reality I do indeed ...

As cited, at some point in the plan I also started to gradually increase the pace of my steady states (from 2:30 to 2:23 for the 10-12k That sounds like a lot (to me). Looking back at my own data, I've only increased my long SS pace by about 2s, and I wouldn't say that I was fit at the start. On th...