Concept2 Forum

My experience after 20 years erging, swimming, walking and kayak, at 84y, is that any exercise is good and the more the better. But the killer is cholesterol. It clogs the coronaries and stops blood getting to the heart itelf. Luckily all I needed was a triple bypass. The only people still alive and...

Time 21:07.9 Distance 4,015m Pace 2:37.8 Watts 89 Rating (spm) 28 HR 166 How tall are you? 89/28 = 3.2 W-min per stroke, the Work done in each stroke. This is very low and cannot get you fit. You could also take an hour's fast walk a day. Using sticks helps shoulders and arms too, if on hills. If y...

probably need to put effort into keeping a similar watt/rate ratio at higher rates

That's how it's done. If you have a neat and efficient stroke at 18, and train it, you'll be able to use it for faster, shorter work, and coach will be happy. You might even hear the boat sing.

got my head around the different exercise zones. For rowing training, we train our stroke. UT2 is rates 18-20, low enough for basic endurance work even with a good one. Use the same stroke (in terms of Watt/Rate) you used in your preliminary 2k test. There'll be more tests later to reset the bands.

If never afloat, it's best to start in a tub pair with coach steering.

Do plenty of low rate 5ks.

Indeed, work done is Watts x Time and good for C2 that uniquely they show both. Multiply by 4 and we get the heat generated, albeit in kWh/year or any other unit, as we may wish.

Some of the WODs are calory intervals. In ergdata you can see your stroke count as well as the kCals.

At your 80W, it takes about 2 strokes to produce 1 kCal. So to keep it simple just divide your total strokes by two.

In an hour if we pull 20x60 = 1200 strokes, it's about 600kCal. Include your warmup too.

You can no doubt get up to say 5W/kg. Distance and time will depend on style and training.

If you weigh 80kg, that means 400W, which is about 5.23m/s, pace 1:36 (for 500m).

400W means pulling a stroke worth 12Watt-minutes at rate 33, or some equivalent.

There's an Interactive Weightloss route here too:

http://3.8.144.21/training/your_program ... 60&mhr=140

I'm trying to come up with some longer workouts for my team, but we're having some trouble on how to pace them. Not a problem, just keep the Work high. If afloat it's Stroke that decides the ratings and so Power. That's what he or she is there for. But why 1k? Do you have to stop and turn round? If...

31 year old male, 6'2'' 220lbs (188, 100kg) Yesterday I rowed at a pace of 2:42 for 26 minutes(DF 145, spm28). So well done, you're off to a good start. 2:42 is 80W and at a fit weight of around 80kg, 1W/kg. At rate 28, 80W/28 = 3W-min per stroke. Both those numbers (1W/kg and stroke 3W') need to b...

What might I try to do to regain strength as each stroke just feels like it must be too weak? Work on the stroke itself: millions pulled at high force and length but low rate. I just spent a week on my back in hospital. Docs told me I'll have lost a pound of muscle a day. So now I'm working at 80-9...

why such a large difference in blade area has so little effect on performance, Because performance depends on us. What blade shape changes is efficiency. Modern blades shapes increase the hydrodynamic wing effects at catch and finish, where the blade is moving axially through the water, reducing tu...