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Breaking 7mins on the water for a 2k is a huge achievement that will land you in the lap of your Olympic team, so don't find that discouraging. You might be pulling 8+ min 2ks in your first time trials, but that could still be way faster than anyone in your squad. Just to put it into perspective: Ma...

If you're new to rowing I wouldn't go about doing a 5k test every week, it puts a lot of strain and also repeating the same test distance is repetitive - Especially if you're training solo you might find your body just settles with what it finds comfortable and they'll be a mental barrier that'll st...

Heya, Gaining weight will improve your erg scores significantly, but it might not positively affect your water performance if you gain purely fat over muscle. In my off season I went from 75KG to 82KG and took just over a minute off my 5k time. I'm now working towards getting back towards 75KG which...