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by [old] Nikos
November 16th, 2004, 5:46 am
Forum: Posts from old forum
Topic: Headaches
Replies: 27
Views: 9521

Health and Fitness

Hi,<br><br>I got a headaches for three weeks while exercising especially during hard intervall sessions. It was definitely caused by high blood pressure in my case.<br><br>In the first week the headaches were really strong (I had to stop rowing) and persisted for quite a while (60 min) so I went to ...
by [old] Nikos
October 19th, 2004, 3:27 am
Forum: Posts from old forum
Topic: What Training Plan Do You Follow?
Replies: 21
Views: 8670

Training

I just started to use the wolverine plan but am trying to add a three week cycle to it (see my post questions for the wolverines). I haven't quite figured out what the best workouts are for every week since I am just in my third week.<br><br>Also I find the 10 mps thing quite interesting, need to lo...
by [old] Nikos
October 15th, 2004, 3:35 am
Forum: Posts from old forum
Topic: Question For The Wolverines
Replies: 8
Views: 4105

Training

I did not have the best start with my new training plan. I was seriously ill in the first week so I had to stop after the first workout. The next week I cought a cold but went rowing nevertheless. Unfortunately I only managed to do three of my five workouts due to other appointments. I hope to make ...
by [old] Nikos
October 15th, 2004, 3:24 am
Forum: Posts from old forum
Topic: Question For The Wolverines
Replies: 8
Views: 4105

Training

Jim,<br><br>could very well be that there is no sense in rating the workouts. I'll just give it a try. To add to the cycle structure of my plan I was thinking of trying to improve my times an the medium and hard weeks while giving it a rest on the light weeks. I still am not sure about the structure...
by [old] Nikos
September 27th, 2004, 12:08 pm
Forum: Posts from old forum
Topic: Question For The Wolverines
Replies: 8
Views: 4105

Training

Thanks for the replies<br><br>I think I will start with<br>4*1000, 4*2000, 12000, 2*40', 70' as L1, L2, L3, L4, L4 for the hard week<br>Medium week: pyramid, 3k/2.5k/2k,2*6k, 40', 60'<br>Easy week: 8*500,5*1500,15*3',4*10', 36'<br><br>I'll post my results if anybody is interested, that would also be...
by [old] Nikos
September 26th, 2004, 3:13 pm
Forum: Posts from old forum
Topic: Building Intensity ...
Replies: 12
Views: 5449

Training

Wouldn't calorie expenditure be roughly the same as total distance? As George said this can be misleading since the "intensity" is based on the overall work (measured in meters or calories) as well as on the power (measured in meters/second or watts). <br><br>This is just a quick thought that came t...
by [old] Nikos
September 26th, 2004, 2:44 pm
Forum: Posts from old forum
Topic: Question For The Wolverines
Replies: 8
Views: 4105

Training

I just started the wolverine plan today. I am thinking of doing 5 workouts per week and as Mike Caviston (thanks for the plan) suggests I will go for 1 workout of Level 1, 2 and 3 and two workouts of Level 4.<br><br>For Level 1 I will do 8 x 500, 4 x 1000, 4000 Pyramid (alternating every week)<br>Le...
by [old] Nikos
September 25th, 2004, 6:14 pm
Forum: Posts from old forum
Topic: Rowing Strapless
Replies: 11
Views: 5235

Training

Sorry for this total newbie question. I just started to row strapless once in a while and now I am wondering what strapless means. Do you just remove the strap or the whole plastic thing that is mounted on the footplates (I think it is called flexfoot)? I ask this because I noticed that when I remov...