Concept2 Forum

Team Rowers and Team Staff:

We are so proud of you all. You efforts in your training and on-site preparation have provide magnificant results, congratulations.

Sincerely,
Larry Gluckman

5 Weeks Maintenance and Potential Growth Consider dividing the 5 weeks into three periods. Look at your previous 5 weeks and incorporate as much of those workouts into this next period. Be sure you gather personalized ergo information, i.e. Drag factor, foot placement, monitor height. Constantly wor...

Ranger, Mike's and your successes are not to be questioned. If you have been including the 20 % of your training in the anaerobic portion of the energy system throughout the year it is important to maintain what you are doing and I would not change a thing. However, if speed and lactate toleranace w...

Final Preparation for 2000-Meter Race Coming into the final 3 weeks of preparation for the 2K piece Linda and I wanted to provide some thoughts from a coach’s perspective. 1. Count backward from the day you are going to take the piece to help benchmark certain types of workouts to finish the prepara...

The Rowing Ergometer provides an opportunity to develop rowing specific strength in the exact position of the rowing activity. By progressing through the stroke from the beginning of the recovery to the complete stroke the rower can work on specific muscle groups of that portion of the stroke. This ...

Location on the seat is very important. The reason the seat has indentations is for your sit bones on the lowest part of your pelvis. By sitting on those bones your lower back is not exposed but supported by your pelvis. In addition by sitting on those bones you permit the upper body to pivot or roc...

On another note, could you let Linda and I know what your age and wt class is so we can have a feeling for your times or meters. I will assume your name will help us with your gender. Although Navigational Hazard is a bit tough without the posted picture. Larry Larry, I thought that you had all the...

Dear Dev. Team, Here is hoping your training is going well. I have been thinking a lot about technique lately since I work at several weekend sculling and week long sweep rowing camps and see an assortment of rowing techniques. To borrow a phrase from Fred Borchelt, many time Olympic rower and fello...

I second Linda's recommendation. Find your most effective rate and milk it for all you can. It might be different for the 5k than the 2k but we are not ready to tell everyone the best rate so go at it. You may find something that a capped rate prevented On another note, could you let Linda and I kno...

Dear NH, Thanks for the second effort. I tried it myself and experimented with a negative split approach. I came in a slightly above the parameters suggested but felt more comfortable. Something to consider for the future. Sometimes we must remind ourselves that we are training the physiology and mu...

Dear NavigationHazard, Thanks for your post. What is your 5k pace? What stroke rate do you normally row a 5k piece? You raise great questions. We need to understand that the range we provide team members in pace and stroke rate has to be adjusted for your own rowing style and rhythm. There is a leve...

Dear Team, While Linda Muri is away at the U23 world championships I wanted to provide some training ideas for you to consider along with what you are already doing. Lisa has sent out a request for monthly 5K pieces just to help you adjust your training intensities as you improve in fitness. Also sh...