Concept2 Forum

Hello everyone! I've been away from the group for a few, and I'm back with a question that I hope someone has a happy ending to. As I stated before, I had surgery, and I've been having a lot of problems since. Well, the problem has been traced back to my serratus anterior. I noted before that I coul...

One should never be bored rowing, not with all the different training plans available. As was mentioned, you have the Pete Plan, the Wolverine Plan, Tabata Intervals, pyramids, etc. I f you're on a PM4 you can race against a pace boat. I'm unforunately on a PM2. I have worksheets that I made; 1 for ...

Well, today should do it. Got 12,668 to go. It's not the number; that's a no-brainer. I'm still not running on all pistons, and with one erg at the gym it can get rather hard to get good time on it without someone breathing down your neck. I think I can put this to bed though. It was like putting co...

I agree with the guys, in that those are some really quick numbers. Suited better for shorter distances, where you need more power quickly. It may have been a blessing that I started doing long pieces before short ones. Just started doing 2ks/500's about 4 months ago. Before that - 5,10,15k. My log ...

I use a pair of leather and mesh weightlifting gloves, and they're great. The mesh is on the top of the hand, and the leather is on the palm, and there is a velcro opening. They're very lightweight, breathable, and flexible. I too saw the grips and found them cumbersome. Mine - Kmart - $9.99.

I use a Champion soft leather tennis shoe (female). It's lightweight and flexible. On my third pair. I used them for kickboxing also.

Hi Patrick; Work has kept me away from following up the past few day, but thanks, as always, for the response. Seems I was a bit vague on what I was asking. I think was going thru the movements and trying to analyze each part of my stroke to see where I was coming up short. I seemed to be ok on the ...

Hi Patrick! I actually didn't know I was added to your post until I looked today, so thank you for the advice and comments. I hope you or someone can clarify. To all who gave such good information last week in my quest to conquer the low spm’s for the WP level 4, THANK YOU. I would like to say that ...

Thanks for the heads up. Found the thread and was glad to see that I was not alone in my opinion. Was hospitalized all week so I didn't see the show until yesterday, so whereas it's old news for most, I just saw it. Anyway, The Biggest Loser should be ashamed of themselves. It is irresponsible of th...

I'm glad I found this thread to read what other's had to say about the show.I actually started a thread last night and someone gave me the heads up to this one. I was in the hospital during the original run so I actually didn't get to see the episode until yesterday in a rerun. I knew it would be a ...

OKAY, I KNOW IT'S TV, I KNOW IT'S "MADE FOR TV", ETC, ETC. ETC., BUT GIVEN THE MECHANICS REQUIRED TO EVEN REMOTELY USE A ROWING MACHINE PROPERLY DOES ANYONE THINK THAT IT WAS RATHER SLIPHSOD THE WAY THEY THREW THOSE CONTESTANTS ON THOSE ERGS AND LET THEM GO? I KNOW THERE WAS NO EXPECTATION OF ANY GR...

To those of you who replied to my dilemma - thank you, thank you. Today, after another frustrating day I was very happy to see your responses. So, I pulled out my WP manual, and I realize what I did. I calculated correctly for my Level 2 (using his formula) @ 2:28.8, but I made the mistake at Level ...

Help! I’m a pretty strong rower who’s only been rowing short pieces for two months. I had been rowing long (5-15k for over a 1 ½ yrs. ALONE); 1 erg at my gym, until I got to row with some pro’s in power classes, and certified to teach this past December. I had no problem following the cadence of the...

Hi Patrick, Thanx for the info. Ironically, I’ve just recently started doing the WP, and I love it. Tried the Pete Plan for a few, and at the end of the day, I mix it up anyway. Prior to Nov.-Dec. 08 I was only doing mid to long pieces (5-15k), and had only rowed alone, as my gym has 1 model C in po...