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Hey everyone, So its rowing season now and we have 7 aerobic training sessions with 1 strength gym session. I have my long term goals thinking about next year etc and am looking to get a lot stronger than I am now. I have a squat rack with 60 or so kg's and am just thinking about increasing leg powe...

How well trained are you? In the last year what's your training looked like? Last year has been absolute horrible. Haven't done any rowing specific training except for around about 6 weeks ago, where we started sculling and erging for first 3 weeks and then next 3 weeks were in M8+ boats and erg se...

Hey guys. Title says it all - I need to get from 7:20 (as of today) to 6:40 in exactly (or there abouts) 1 year from now. For the next 6 months I will be rowing OTW probs about 3 - 4x per week, 1 erg sesh per week and 1 gym sesh per week. However, the next 6 months after that I will not be in our ro...

Hey guys, So our coaches like to judge our fitness during the off season by trialling us with a 6km RUN (the rowing shed isn't open and we aren't available to use ergs so they recommend running). They have set the goal of a SUB 23 minute 30 seconds 6km run. However, at the moment I have only done tw...

Ok guys, So for some reason our school has incorporated a 6km erg test on top of our 2km erg and scull trials for the trialling process in our schools eights. Currently my 5km is a 19:28 and my 2km is 7:19. I average about 26 strokes per minute on my 2km (dont ansk why haha). What preparation should...

Hey guys, So I have a big rival of mine who is currently at a 6:50 erg weighing 84kgs making his watts/lbs ratio a 325/185 = 1.75watts/lbs. Whereas: I pull a 7:20 erg weighing 59kgs making my watts/lbs ratio a 263/130 = 2.02watts/lbs. Say for example - that in a time trial we have same conditions an...

Hey guys, This is really weird for me and I don't know why but today I did a 10 minute piece and literally got to 2010 metres - absolutely pathetic. But, when I erg just by myself, without even anyone in the room as soon as i get the tiniest bit tired I literally just give up. However, when i warm u...

Hey guys, So I tried to do my first 2km erg test today after months of basically no cardio and all weightlifting and I tried to hold around about 1:55 and needless to say by the title but I simply couldn't. When I up the rate and drop the pressure a bit I can hold the split but my lungs begin to bur...

Hey guys, So what I have noticed especially with the majority of my 2km ergs is that after about the first 300m that middle 1200m or so section has an average rate of about 25spm which as I am aware is incredibly slow and probably unconventional in getting my best 2km erg! Im 173cm (but im sure u al...

Hey everyone, If you're a frequent and active user of these forums I'm sure you'll be aware of my back injury which is still quite persistent. This disables me from using the ergo during our school training as well as on the water training. Instead of doing the on the water training with them I will...

Hey guys, Recently got an MRI report which gave this conclusion: L5/S1 Minor Annular Broad Bulge associated with a grade 3-4 annular tear. I was wondering if anyone could basically explain this in words I could understand and give a statement as to whether or not this could be the cause of my back p...

Can anyone underline the mechanics behind height in rowing. I'm aware that the taller you are obviously results in longer levers like arms, legs, trunk etc and especially bigger lungs. How strong and fit does a certain 172cm rower have to be to be equal to a 185cm tall rower?

hey guys, I really really need help from hopefully some sort of experienced physician. First things first, I already see a physio and its been nearly 6 weeks and not a single sign of improvement. I have had an MRI, X-Ray and Ultrasound and the only sign of pain-causing material was a bulge in the L5...

Hey guys, I absolutely love learning about like the "physics" per say behind what I do and im really wondering like what happens in the body as i do a 2km. what i wanna know is why for example steady state training on bike or erg or swimming or heart rate training how does this benefit my 2km. like....

jamesg wrote:A 1.42 ½k is 330 W, which at 56 kg is almost 6W/kg. So you know how it's done. What makes you unhappy?

sorry, what do u mean by this?