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I know that an individual by the name Tim Donovan used to hold the world record for 24 hours on the ergo. He beat the LWT and HWT world record so held both. As far as I know he stills holds the LWT but the HWT record was beaten.<br /><br />For info on Tim, he did the record at Runcorn rowing club in...

Living in sunny Nottingham the UK doesn't get too much snow! Does anyone know how the real thing compare to the cross trainers in the gym in terms of fitness gains. Obviously the real thing will be much more enjoyable. A bit like comparing erging to water rowing. No comparison in terms of kinestheti...

As a rule of thumb if you look at running times the relatively intensity versus duration does not drop as rapidly as it would appear for rowing. i.e. runners appear to be able to maintain higher paces for longer so there is less of a power dropoff over time compared with rowing. If you agree with th...

The problem with citing running examples is that strength is not such an issue in running. Consequently the AT in rowing is lower relative to the duration it can be sustained.<br /><br />Examples to support this example include the recommended 5 x 3 mins, 3min rest at 6 min pace for V02 max training...

The % gold standard times are the standards that are needed to be obtained in order to win gold at various training intensities. The point of stating % gold times is that when you achieve them you are capable of winning gold. Training is not based around these percentages rather the chances of winni...

I have been reading this topic with interest. I do not mean to be the eternal cynic but everyone refers to Dwayne's time being witnessed by officials from C2. I am just curious if anyone has ever met these officials or just taking Dwayne's word for it like his time. If he has pulled 5:47 then great ...

My aim is to break 6000m in 20 min before I get married in March (and then lose my fitness on the honeymoon).

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Just out of interest what were the hints that he gave you? I would go and row with him if I could but it is a few thousand miles from home.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Paul.

I am at the opposite end of the scale, I am 23 and never get my HR over 187 bpm.

Hi,<br><br>if you upload it can you let me know the website so that I can download it.<br><br>Other rowing videos of Marcel Hacker can be found on his own site at:<br><br><a href='http://www.rudern1.de/Hacker/index_neu.php#' target='_blank'>http://www.rudern1.de/Hacker/index_neu.php#</a><br><br>Chee...

If you want to be entirely pedantic then you should take lean body weight and ignore the fat. Therefore you are only taking account of useable weight (ignoring additional stimulus to the back swing because you have to unswing it on the recovery). I suspect that the top heavyweights are a bit more ch...