Concept2 Forum

When I wanted to slow down my stroke rate, I pulled hard, but always took a short break at the end of the stroke. Then I easily slid back forward, were I immediately started the next stroke. Yesterday I moved the break to the beginning of the stroke Ideally it is a fluid motion with no breaks. +1, ...

3 x 1k will definitely be better, but I'm not sure that I've ever tried it. As you allude to, mental strength at that halfway point in a 2k are never tested properly in these predictors, at least they aren't for me. As we all say, if you get to halfway and think you can finish, then you're not goin...

I have found that I get used to a certain speed of drive, as a result a "blind" row leaves the watts surprisingly proportional to DF over a fair range so lowering DF will mean my "natural" stroke is slower! However this can be increased when you get used to it and at a lower DF I find I tire slower ...

8 x 500m r2 is somewhat known to be a good predictor but I would think that cutting rest down slightly to something more along the lines of 1:1 work:rest would be a bit better predictor. It's only ~15 - 18 seconds per interval but that adds up quick IMO. I'm taking nothing away from your 500s which...

I already have a relatively low body fat percentage and I notice that rowing makes me heavier and more muscular, which gets in the way of cycling. If I specialize my training in strength and explosiveness, won't I get even heavier? It does depend on the training as DM (Stu) says less impact of long...

Gym session yesterday evening was very hard again, but performance was top. Only on these cardio stuff my body bails out currently and recovery is on lowest possible level atm. Allergies are immune responses and so make your body work harder so sapping your endurance without effecting your muscles.

It depends what you are trying to do. Inevitably the training will be different for the extremes and a mixture in the middle (although some common themes / sessions). I would suspect that you could build an effective program doing in order. However there is a lot of crossovers. Many people have set ...

There is no right answer, it is what works best for you. Rowing at a low rate requires you to produce the same amount of work in a shorter period. This requires higher force. Cycling you apply power most of the time whatever the gear, but on rower this is only during the drive. Lower ratings mean mo...

Congratulations, that is a great workout. Re your plans, not sure what you mean by 33-35 is "comfortable". 500 reps cab be done appreciably faster than 2k if you rate up as maintaining high ratings for 500M is much easier than for 2k and it is only at rates that you can maintain for a 2k that the pa...

Hello, I’m brand new here and wondered how one joins a team? Looking for indoor rowing challenges and found the cross team challenge page. Thanks in advance. Leigh Some teams have a qualification eg nationality, others by invitation while others are open to all. My team FreeSpirits can be found on ...

Posted a long response on your other thread. But in response to the above: 2:00 pace is hard work for most and will be a shock after 2:15 (42% more power!) While if you train for it I am sure you can achieve this and you might have the fitness to do so already, it may not be consistent with "destres...

Firstly 104DF is not exceptionally low, I have heard it said that Rob Waddell used a DF of 90 when setting the world 2k record. In addition, there are many people much slower than you. In a couple of years rowing 5 days a week in a gym, I estimate that less than 10% of the people rowing next to me w...

Nice ! Are you on a model D, E or rowerg? if so that's the generator keeping you from using batteries. (if me, I'd toss those 15 year old batteries and install new ones with a claimed 10 year storage life. And be ready to clean up debris from the old batteries leaking) Model D, probably will shortl...

Older C2 ergs do not provide current to run a PM5, so there is a small chance of a PM5 failing with dead batteries while you are rowing. PM5 Battery life on these ergs is really long, about 200 hours use (about 2 million meters rowed). My PM3 is still on original batteries on well over 10MM and nea...

But how do I overcome the central limiter and push harder, especially in my 1x week test (maybe every other week to each week) and intervals? When I got to 199 HR in my 3*2k 4R I had to force myself not to slow down. There is a reason that its called the "Central Limiter". We all have limits and ne...