Concept2 Forum

Mike<br />I love your posts and have learned so much from you. I am glad you mentioned multiple workouts in your warm up post. Suppose that Crash B was set up as a tournament, with the top "sweet" 16 seeded rowers (same age and weight categories) set up in brackets. To make the final, you would race...

My 7th grade son is doing a science fair project and is interested in how exercise affects health. We have considered some basic questions -- i.e. How does gender effect heart-rate response to exercise. And how long does it take an average 7th grader's heart to return to normal after exercise. Of co...

I am a borderline (?) obsessive compulsive and a raging hypochondriac. I cannot watch programs dealing with disease lest I wake up that night with those symptoms! I spend 1 1/2 hours a day working my body out and an equal amount of time analyzing and fretting about the same workout. I fear that a he...

first off, I admit, I can be a big wimp. I just began doing some WP workouts. I have rowed 5k and 10k rows 3 times. I did the rows in my cool, shady, basement that has a temp that does not vary much from 60- 65 degrees. I moved my erg to our old, non insulated, stuffy cottage this weekend. After doi...

I am trying out the different workouts in the Wolvering Plan for the first time. I rowed my first 5k and 10k in the past 2 weeks. I tried the 6 x500 (going to work up to 8 x500!). My 2k pb is 7:10.9 Today I rowed just one 2k, did not really try for a personal best and did 7:11.4. I could tell the di...

Mike<br /><br />Thanks for your help. Today I ran 4 miles over hilly terain at a moderate pace.<br /><br />Took a 20 minute break and then climbed on the erg for my first go at 6x500m. <br />all pieces were 29 spm at df 203 28 minutes<br />1:40.8 <br />1:40.0<br />1:40.3<br />1:41.6<br />1:41:8<br /...

I printed out C2's Competition Training, expert, and the Wolverine Plan. I noticed the Wolverine plan has a level 1 workout that is 8x500m with 500m active recovery in between pieces. The C2 expert workout suggests 6x500m with 3 minutes rest in between. The Wolverine Plan is dated August 2001. I am ...

Strokes per minute were around 26. I am at 28 spm on 2k. I rowed at damper setting 10 which is a 203 df. I like the harder pull, (it reminds me of wrestling!). I must have terrible technique----I love reading Rangers posts----but if I tried to row strapless like he does I would end up in the next co...

Thanks Neil and Bill for your help. Well, today, after my strength workout, I tried 5k. I was nervous! My time of 19:17 is no great shakes----but I am just relieved I made it. A 2k gets me pretty whipped and I was intimidated by the longer distance. But just as you guys stated, the slower pace and l...

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I have always rowed at a damper setting of 10---which I just found out gives a drag factor of 203. When I set the damper at 5, the drag factor was 138. I usually row 2k at a 149 pace. The wierd thing is that when I was trying out the level 5 setting, my pace slowed to 151. I felt I had to work harde...

I have never rowed more than 2k in a single session! My typical pace is 149/150 and 7:15. PB is 7.10.9. What pace should I strive for at 5k? Is there a rule of thumb for moving up to 5k and 10K as far as pace goes?