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by Analytica
December 5th, 2017, 5:46 am
Forum: Competition
Topic: Ideal LWT weight coming up to a competition.
Replies: 14
Views: 9938

Re: Ideal LWT weight coming up to a competition.

I think that's a good plan to guard against dehydration. A 2k is short enough that you don't need huge amounts of calories so I suspect water is more important as long as you're reasonably fuelled in the preceding few days. That said, I have a habit of snacking compulsively after weigh in largely th...
by Analytica
November 21st, 2017, 6:44 am
Forum: Competition
Topic: Ideal LWT weight coming up to a competition.
Replies: 14
Views: 9938

Re: Ideal LWT weight coming up to a competition.

Ideally I guess you'd want to be as close as possible to 75Kg as possible on race day as long as that was all functional weight (muscle not fat) but that then increases the possibility & stress of not making weight. I would imagine its not feasible to significantly change muscle mass in the next few...
by Analytica
October 26th, 2017, 4:45 am
Forum: Competition
Topic: Welsh Indoor Rowing Champs - Cardiff 25/11
Replies: 28
Views: 17897

Re: Welsh Indoor Rowing Champs - Cardiff 25/11

If I remember correctly from last year all the machines are set on a race area of wood with each machine individually secured with blocks of wood which were secured on to the wooden race area. Pretty secure as I recall.
by Analytica
August 9th, 2016, 3:36 am
Forum: Competition
Topic: Other than the BIRC what UK based ergo comps are there?
Replies: 36
Views: 22696

Re: Other than the BIRC what UK based ergo comps are there?

... and the English Champs: http://www.eirc.org.uk/

(could only post 3 urls in one reply & can't add another reply immediately after the last one)
by Analytica
August 9th, 2016, 3:34 am
Forum: Competition
Topic: Other than the BIRC what UK based ergo comps are there?
Replies: 36
Views: 22696

Re: Other than the BIRC what UK based ergo comps are there?

Here's a few more (albeit I'm assuming that the Scottish ones are going to be be of less interest if Devon is local ;) North East Scottish Indoor Rowing Championships: https://www.evensi.uk/north-east-scottish-indoor-rowing-championships-beach/179534639 Scottish Indoor Rowing Championships: http://w...
by Analytica
July 7th, 2016, 9:45 am
Forum: General
Topic: Nobody in the top 50
Replies: 5
Views: 5652

Re: Nobody in the top 50

I wondered what this post was about so I went off to have a look & found that I'm in the top 50 that you refer to. I couldn't care less whether the first valid result in your opinion is below me, I've only just looked at the list. As far as I'm concerned my season metres to date is moderately intere...