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Hi Gordon, I agree - technique is key. The straps off advice was the thing that made the most seismic difference to me. I don't row without straps every time now, but every now and then I do a couple of km without them to check that I am not regressing. So far so good. Since posting my original plea...

definitely soft enough!

Edward/all, just wanted to give an update now that I have had time to really absorb all of your advice and ensure that the new "controlled" James hits the erg consistently. The great news is that I have consistently been doing 8km during my sessions for the past week, which was totally unfeasible in...

All, Thought I would give some initial feedback from my experience yesterday. It took quite a lot of mental effort not to regress into my usual mad frenzy, but I managed it (more or less, but it took some willpower), and the result was very positive. Unfortunately I was time constrained because of s...

JamesG,e-C, Edward,All,
Thanks for the great advice - Planning to row tonight and going to assimilate all the advice first. Will feed back afterwards.

All much appreciated

Thanks Edward,

Really appreciate the supportive words.

I will definitely post some feedback from my next row (probably Monday) and will work my way through some of the videos first.

Cheers

J

There is a fair chance you are right - given that I am doing this in my spare bedroom where I have had no-one to analyse my stroke/technique, I have probably developed some very bad habits. I will try some slower straps off stuff tomorrow and see how it feels.

Really appreciate the advice

J

Thanks HJS, that sounds very very possible. I will give it a go (no straps) and feed back.

Cheers

James

Thanks Edward, sorry I was a little worried that I would be exposing just how crap my fitness is, but I guess I need to take the opportunity to get some decent advice if I want to improve. Ok - 5'11" 82kg 46 years old 500m time is 1:55 best Average 500m time is 2:05 when doing 10 intervals with 40 s...

Thanks to all of you for your comprehensive and quick responses. So the common theme is I am going at this too hard. I think that is probably a character thing - I just find it tough not to go at things 100% all of the time. I will take a few more break days and make a concerted effort to do a few s...

Hi All, I wanted to ask for some general advice. I have been rowing on my erg for the past 16 months (Xmas 2014 - big present to myself). To start with I was doing 2 or 3km every couple of days, coming from a fairly mediocre fitness base and also a fairly manic family life (mid-forties, four kids, o...