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by smb69
June 25th, 2006, 9:53 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Converting walking to rowing
Replies: 64
Views: 66264

Walking is more of an all round exercise and you use your legs more than in rowing, which is mostly an upper body exercise. oh my god.. everything you say gets more ridiculous you are a crazy old man.. im sorry.. for the amount of time you apparently spend rowing and talking about rowing... jesus.....
by smb69
May 28th, 2006, 5:06 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Jacking the erg - Effective training?
Replies: 50
Views: 34324

no.. in statistics, the correlation of .88 would be the value of r squared. there is no reason to square the correlation. a .88 correlation to a 4:00 mile would be much much closer than 4:33. i dont know where you got that number. the relationship is also not linear. but regardless, i don't know exa...
by smb69
May 28th, 2006, 3:21 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: coaching the erg
Replies: 1
Views: 2690

coaching the erg

hi, i'm a rower and my cousin from california is visiting with me for a couple weeks.. he asked me to show him how to use the rower so i spent a while coaching him.. he made all the normal novice mistakes i.e. legs up before hands on recovery, arms broken at catch, shooting the slide. after a while ...
by smb69
May 28th, 2006, 3:13 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Jacking the erg - Effective training?
Replies: 50
Views: 34324

You disagree, and then you agree with me, make up your mind. You can't have it both ways. Either it's a good predictor or it isn't. A high correlation doesn't mean a good predictor. If you predict a 4:00 mile and someone runs 4:00 / .88 = 4:33 then do you consider that a good predictor. vo2 max is ...