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As mentioned your physio would be the person to ask. Everyone has a dominate side but the strength disparities can manifest themselves in any number of ways. Doing unilateral weight work for the weak arm and always training that side first and/or with slightly more volume can help. Also the exercise...

I was and still am in a similar boat. When I first started rowing a few months back, solely for cardio purposes, it felt incredibly awkward to row at a rate of 18-20. I even went so far as to go back to reread some of the advice that i saw here to make sure I hadn't read it incorrectly cause I didn'...

For now, don,t change a winning team. Your 2k compared to your base speed is still miles behind. I do think though if you really did a proper go you are already much faster. Depending on your goals you could do one faster 5k, or intervals say 4x1500 with 4 min rest, with a higher rate. Re 500, look...

To answer your question, it takes very little to lose time in a short sprint like a 500m. Pretty typical to fade with 100m to go and fall off by several seconds until you learn to properly pace. 1:26 is very fast for a new rower, but is typical of guys who have a heavy lifting back ground. The cros...

Invictus wrote:I got nothing........but your time!!!!!!!!!! That is fast! Awesome work!

Thanks brother! Fortunately I come from a heavy lifting background so power isn't a problem right now. God knows it's nothing I can attribute to awesome cardio lol!

Ok so I got a tremendous amount of help from some forum members in helping to build my endurance and focusing on steady state to increase my 2k time. Longer easy rows at around 18spm have already done wonders. Did an impromptu 2k test a week or so ago and dropped my time by 28 seconds. 8:06 down to ...

Hjs, I'm pretty excited about the progress thank you! What is a reasonable 1k and 2k time for me to strive for considering my current 500?

Quick update... I've been following the prescribed steady state program slowly lowering my split time and getting 20-30 minute sessions 4-5 times per week with one harder sprint session about 1 time per week. I have to say the results have been fantastic so far! Did an unplanned 2k test today cause ...

Nice programs there 'ninj I've done several variations from PTTP with barbell deadlifts and presses, 40 days with a mix of barbell and kettlebell lifts, 40 days with just kettlebells... I've also done the old Starting Strength linear progression which worked for a while and I got strong but also sp...

I would also suggest cycling in some snatch grip deadlifts. If you don't have the mobility to perform them off the floor use a power rack with the pins set about mid to upper shin or some lifting boxes to pull from. I think this is a really undervalued exercise for rowers because of the additional ...

I would also suggest cycling in some snatch grip deadlifts. If you don't have the mobility to perform them off the floor use a power rack with the pins set about mid to upper shin or some lifting boxes to pull from. I think this is a really undervalued exercise for rowers because of the additional w...

Being very new to rowing I don't think I'm qualified to comment on the integration of weight training/rowing specifically but I have trained quite a few athletes and done strength training for some time. I wish someone had brought to my attention, much earlier in my strength training career, the imp...

If your primary objective is to add strength I would suggest looking into doing strength "ladders" as is often wrote about by Dan John and Pavel. I'm too new to rowing to give you any specific advise on the proper way to integrate this with the volume of rowing you're describing, but having engaged ...

Just a quick update for all folks that were generous enough with their time to respond to my question. Been following the recommended advice for a week or so now and man just slowing down my spm, focusing on the recovery and my breathing and not rushing myself has paid off huge! I got the first 2k o...

Thanks bob! Today's training was even better. I maintained the 2:20 split fairly easily and still felt great 15 minutes in so I spent the last 5 minutes right at 2:15 just to see how it felt. The spm were on the low end at 17-18 for that last 5 minutes and I'm not sure if that's good or bad. But the...