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It seems that the 'BIG C' is going to win this six year battle. I am official a in-home hospice patient (there is no time line at this point) at this time, I think it is for the best. The last chemo session I had was so horrible that it made me make a life decision to stop the chemo treatments. The ...

This a question for GAVIN GRANT(IF HE IS OUT THERE ANYPLACE ON THE FORUM) , FRC/2010, & your 2,404,230 total. There is no email symbol attached to your name so I could not email you directly through the C2 site. First, that is awesome! Over 80,000 a day, how did you break that up over a 24 hour peri...

John, First, I agree with you on many levels. Second, it is a tough call, to know when ENOUGH is ENOUGH! My cancer was dx in 2/05 & at that time they gave me ONE YEAR. The treatments that I have had has kept me alive & with a high quality of life, relatively speaking. I do think that a large part of...

Leo, Ok! Ok! You won me over, even I cannot argue with real numbers, ones that I can understand. At least we both agree, that a big upper body does wonders for the skierg numbers. Hey, thanks for the kind words in regard to my cancer battle. It is ongoing, they classify me as a chronic case. At this...

Leo, Man, that is a very detailed and scientific study, beyond my comprehension. But I am going to disagree on a simple layman's experience, based on the rowers & skiergers in my club & our actual performance times . The differences between our heavy vs our lightweights are so much greater on the sk...

The 20:00 total time -- the work intervals are high intensity effort (think close to 2000M pace +5-6 sec arena) 1st interval = 3:00 hard work cycle (:20sec active rest after each work cycle- barely moving) 2nd " = 1:00 3rd " = 1:15 4th " = 1:30 5th " = 1:45 6th " = 2:00 7th " = 1:45 8th " = 1:30 9th...

Here is a good 20:00 minute routine, it is a variable set, pyramid. 1. 5 minute warm up 2. 20 minute routime: 3:00-1:00-1:15-1:30-1:45-2:00-1:45-1:30-1:15-1:00 0(It has a very short active rest period of :20 seconds between work times) It is 16:00 of high intersity work with 4:00 or a active rest cy...

I would also suggest switching from 20:00 minutes to the 5000M piece, as a beginning long distance pierce. Set your work piece up as a new workout, thereby allowing you to set a lower split distance within the 5000M piece. I like to use a split of 250M, that gives you 20 split intervals to review. A...

I agree with Joshc, the legs, quads, take a beating if you really push at a high intensity. It is like doing non-stop 3/4 squats. Plus your arms are in this hanging position for 1/2 the movement, wow. The users at our gym can barely walk after a high intensity workout, whether that workout is short ...

Yo Dennis, It is just cosmic because I was just thinking about you yesterday. Sounds like you still THE MAN that I look up to. I love it, seeing God, ain't that the truth. I am still rowing but I have just yesterday added a new long term goal, a million meters on the skierg. I think it will take me ...

Hey everyone, Thanks for the kind words &: I can feel all that positive energy coming my way . Yo Bill, thanks for reminding me of the issue I left out in my original posting. Caregivers, take care of YOURSELF! By observing my wife, this journey is just as hard on the caregivers as it is on the canc...

To help me fight through the horrible side effects of the cancer chemo treatments, I keep in simple, 'JUST ROW THE ERG'. I have been fighting the good fight now for over 5 years, DX- CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE (CUPS). The erg keeps me heathy, ??, mentally and physically tough enough to continue ...

Ditto, on thinking this is a great addition to the C2 family. But, it is definitely a big boy machine. I have recorded times for all the ranked pieces from the 500M to 10000M, trying to get a feel for my 500M pace over distance/time. The 500M sprint is a killer for me, it takes almost 125M to get to...

Phelps by a long shot, followed by Armstrong, then a toss up between Bolt & Federer. Lets remember, what 6:15-6:30 does to your lungs & quads over that distance, no 100/200m stop or no faults stoppage. I don't see anything in Bolt or Federer past that compares to a 2K all out. Mentally would they be...

My 2cents worth. I have always rowed at a 34-36 SPM, from the 1000m-FM. The only exception is the 500M and that's a LET IT ALL HANG OUT pace, over 40SPM. It has served me well over these past years. I have never had the pure strength to row at those low SPM. I do sometimes train in the 20 SPM range ...