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put a low table next to the erg with some catering type disposable cups on it each with a mouthfull of drink put a bucket next to your feet grab a cup as you finish the stroke drink on the way down the slide and drop it into the bucket

Ranger wrote:Over the last decade, Rocket Roy, on the British forum, has been leading me in the posting race by quite a bit.

So Rocket Roy beats you again

try a pair of wrist bands I found its not so much the palms sweating its sweat running down the arms onto the hands thats the problem

Just checked out the result of the GB rowing trials the fastest in the 2k erg test was 23rd in the otw test ..the best on the erg are the best on the otw?

Fantastic 5k mike nice to see actual erging reported in this thread, I enjoyed the following posts greatly everytime someone mentioned your 5k rangers blood pressure went up another notch

ranger wrote:On the erg, MIke VB does 28 spm @ 10 SPI for 5K.

Lame effort.

The difference between 30 spm @ 12 SPI and 28 sppm @ 10 SPI is is 80 watts, nine seconds per 500m.

ranger

At last some truth from Ranger ..Mike VB does 5k on the erg ..Ranger however does not

At last ..I am no longer a novice
I now read the first line of Ranger's posts and know what the rest is going to be ..saves loads of time

Ranger said
In 2006, without sharpening, distance rowing, or distance trials, I pulled 6:29.7 for 2K.

And this year , without sharpening, distance rowing, or distance trials, you pulled 6:41 for 2K.
12 seconds slower, this makes you better ..how?

It would be interesting to see this study repeated using cyclists or rowers running is a high impact exercise possibly the shock hitting the heart every step could be the cause of this and not the exercise itself

During the last VTC I erged 351000m in the month ..my best speed 10k at the time was about 1:58pace I rowed 45min to 1h a day at 10k+10 averaging 2:08.5 for the 350k I have been rowing for 18months had no background in the sport and am a skinny 51 year old so yes big distances are totaly possible :w...

Your problem is you think your max hr is 190 but its actually 175 thats why it wont go higher than that

Sometimes just a new point of view can help, my son started rowing a month ago and just could not get the drive right off hand I said dont think of pushing with your legs think of getting your knees down fast instead ..that seemed to make the difference once you feel the drive its like a revelation ...

We could always try chatting amongst ourselves and when he comes back ignore him...that would kill him

If you thought we were confused/frustrated by Ranger, read a few comments by the professor's students. This is a rowing forum and while it's ok to tear rangers training apart I think attacking his work is just plain wrong what are you going to do next find some neighbours who dislike him? lets just...

Well done on your sub 20 5k that was also my first target when I started 17 months ago I am now trying to get sub 2:00 splits for the ranking distances up to the hm, managed it up to the hour but not the hm yet 2:02 is the best I have managed so far I dont know if I will ever achieve it but its fun ...