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This may be purely personal but...<br /><br />For some reason I find it easier to look at meters rowed on the display, and to be counting <br />down by whatever distance-per-stroke that I am aiming for, than to look at spm or 500m pace. <br />It could be something to do with the fact that that part ...

Right, some general advice is reduce saturated fats but be sure to replace<br />them with mono-unsaturated fats - avocados are a good source, ditto all nuts.<br /><br />I still have saturated fats in my diet - butter and cheese (in moderation)<br />regularly, and yogurt - but my cholesterol is down ...

Yes well I probably do not need to tell you that I was like the cat that got the <br />cream when I got those results. My doctor was very surprised.<br />Here are things that I did, I found everything in this list by googling -<br /><br />1. I eliminated milk from my diet. I was already on low-fat m...

I would like to put in a contrary opinion and a vote in favor of<br />lunatic web sites. In Feb this year, my LDL cholesterol level showed up at 135. <br />My doctor told me it should be below<br />100 because of family history, scheduled a retest for April, and <br />said we would decide what to<br...

Neil,<br /><br />I see what Mel is saying (I think) and it's that your number is<br />energy per stroke, not power per stroke.<br /><br />To plug in some numbers to illustrate -<br /><br />1. Say my spm is 25, and my power is 150 watts.<br />2. That means I am outputting 150 Joules per second.<br />...

Agh sorry what was I doing asking that question - of course you<br />said watts per stroke.<br /><br />Well I modified my rowing style and noted a major improvement<br />today. This may be a bit specific but I will describe it anyway in<br />case it's useful for any other beginners working on their ...

Hum, almost exactly the same as my experience. So either<br />the running improved your fitness in a way that the rowing was<br />not doing, or the rowing on water improved your technique,<br />or a bit of both - any feel for which?<br /><br /><br /><br /><!--QuoteBegin-Gregg+Aug 14 2005, 12:45 PM--...

<!--QuoteBegin-neilb+Aug 12 2005, 03:17 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(neilb @ Aug 12 2005, 03:17 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><br />If you want to make 60 min more varied you ca...

Thanks everyone for replies. Yep my 2K warmup was very<br />short. And thanks for the pointer to the 2K training <br />program - didn't know about that and it's just what I was asking about.<br /><br />I tried 60 min last night with an eye on keeping my back straight. <br />I can see the benefit of ...

My longest row ever tonight - 50 minutes and it felt OK so I<br />will bump it up to 60 minutes next to make a round 1 hour. <br />My pace is very variable - I<br />was trying to go for quality as Neil suggested but even with a <br />steady spm and a _feeling_ that I was pulling evenly, my pace<br /...

OK thanks Michael, thanks Neil.<br /><br />I can see that I was overrating the worth of my current daily <br />training, by thinking it should have been pushing down my <br />2K times. I will take your advice, starting with longer rows.<br />In fact I have never rowed more than 10K, so that will be ...

Hi all,<br /><br />I started rowing in Jan. My 2K time gradually wended its way down<br />to 7:48.7 by about May. Then I started reading this forum and realised<br />that there was really a right way to row, and I started trying strapless<br />rowing and getting a lower SPM. I didn't bother with kee...

Hi,<br /><br />I am new to rowing - started in Jan and somehow I <br />unexpectedly (but pleasantly) caught rowing addiction. Something<br />I sense in quite a few people around here!<br /><br />Anyway I started reading the training forum a week or so ago and<br />realised I probably have zero techn...