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If you can beat 6:40, you'll be in very good shape to fit in as a lightweight anywhere. Not 1st boat material probably, unless you're a technical genius, but with potential to contend for that in the future. As others have said, a summer OTW rowing experience would be good for you, but of course you...

I would say play it by ear. As much as people try to force their workout schedules into a 7 day format, our bodies are all different. You'll know when you need to take a day off, and you shouldn't be hesitant to do so. That said, easy steady state is often more recuperative than rest unless you have...

I'm not sure yet about where...I've looked into the Militech camp in Iowa, but I'm not sure how I'd support myself there. There's a Bas Rutten-certified training place near my hometown though, so I might start there during the summer, and then once I figure out employment type stuff, I'll have to go...

Hey Capn, welcome :) It's interesting to see someone who's taken that path, as I'm about to go off in the same direction...graduating in June and planning on transitioning to bjj/mma. The only difference for me probably is that I'm not a very good rower (not at HW anyway), but I feel like I'm pretty...

I'm going to be taking creatine everyday because i am like 5lbs under Has anyone knowledgeable given you some advice on that? Because you're not supposed to take creatine more than 4 or 5 days in a row. Other than that it's not a terrible idea despite what some people may tell you...it'll give you ...

I'd say somewhere between the average for those pieces (1:43, or a 6:52), and the pace for the last one you pulled, whatever that was.

Effective training? I'd say yes. Dangerous? Well, when you're in a sport notorious for clumsy, gangly clutzes... :) Though perhaps I'm speaking more from the experience of my own team, which is frighteningly injury-prone. I personally have scraped up my shins numerous times tripping on the way up, b...

"PS, Stretching is bad. Although not bad for all muscle groups, do not stretch your lower back. Quads maybe, but otherwise, stretching has repeatedly been shown to correlate with injury in endurance athletes." Really? I hadn't heard anything of the sort. If you have a source, please send it along, a...

Believe me you're not alone with that decision. But you're really asking two different things: First, whether you can maintain a weight of around 160 lbs and be healthy. I'd say that's unlikely. But could you maintain a weight of 170, and drop down for races? Probably. Some people think that kind of...

Dragonforce, "Through the Fire and the Flames". It's over 7:00 long, so you don't need anything else Give it a listen and you'll understand.

A very understandable problem, and not something to worry yourself over. My advice to you is threefold...First, you will have to tone down your intensity slightly, just for now, so you can get your confidence back. Second, find someone to compete with, who's around your level. The drive of competiti...

Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it. I wouldn't predict anything lower given your 2k and lightweight status, and I doubt it's holding you back. Especially so given that you need to maintain weight, and the easiest way to boost your low pull is to bulk up some. That being said, if you're determined, ...

I figure this topic has been done to death in other places, but I couldn't find much here by searching, so bear with me. Anyway, I'm trying to figure out what kind of muscle fiber composition I likely have, both for the purposes of training this year, and for my possible athletic endeavors after col...

My coach firmly believes it's a 5-7 second difference, unless your training is unbalanced. As a lightweight, you might expect slightly less of a gap since your endurance is probably greater than your power. It is your first 2k of the year though, so I'd advise you not to fly and die. Make the first ...

If you want something to break up long SS training, you could try fartlek- for example, do a 10k, 4' off 1' on, where 'off' is regular pace and the 1 minute is 6k+1 or 2. I find this makes the longer in-between pieces feel almost like a break