Concept2 Forum

I think a differential pitch of the sculls is the most likely cause for the problems. It is a well-known fact that most (C2) sculls and oars tend to twist with time. Since the carbon fiber of port and starbord sculls/oars spiral the same way, the pitches change in either direction from original, i.e...

Byron Drachman wrote: Perhaps another hint will help: Can your liver metabolize alcohol and fat at the same time? Which does the liver process first? What happens to fatty acids while alcohol is being metabolized?

The fatty acids rise and degrade brain!???

do you think Mattais spent 7+ years getting ready to do his FM? The issue isn't rowing a FM. I've rowed scores of FMs. I have rowed 100K. I have rowed 167K. The issue is how to get substantially better, despite getting older, after you are a world record holder, as Matthias is now. Mattais' 1:47 fo...

You are calling out a 72year old man No, not at all. I challenged the younger guys out there. But no one took me up on the challenge. So Byron did. _Obviously_, he can't do these things. But he _said_ he could. So I just want to see if he's lying. It's puzzling, don't you think? Why would some brok...

The next session I would like to do , if you want to come along for the ride, would be to raise the rate to 26 spm, cut the number of 2K intervals in half to five, and raise the rest period to five minutes . ranger ...just wanted to highlight one of the rare realistic targets of Prof. Ranger - ther...

Has anyone here tried polarizing their training like most of the studies recommend? It seems like most training plans focus on a lot of threshold work (pete plan, interactive, wolverine), while the articles talking about elite athletes focus on the 80/20 split, with most work at low intensity and t...

Leaving aside his breaks and general collapse, his pace creeps up steadily but isn't completely erratic at first . However, his stroke rate keeps spiking up and down from 27 to 34 spm. That's what I find amazing. Probably the wiggly line just reflects the difference between stroke side and bow side...

aharmer wrote: Ranger, what airline and flight number are you currently booked on?

...and what´s the name of the unlucky travel cancellation insurance company which will have to pay for your DNT (Did Not Travel)?

If I break Rocket Roy's 55 lwt WR at BIRC 2010, even by a tenth of a second, it will be _wildly_ unprecedented, given that I am only a couple of months shy of 60 years old. If I break Roy's record by 10-15 seconds, it will be amazing, gobsmackingly good. And if I reach my goal of 6:20 and break Roy...

ranger wrote:BTW, the Open lwt WR for a FM is just under 1:47 pace.

This makes sense.

1:46 @ 22 spm is 13 SPI.

13 SPI is rowing perfectly for a lightweight of any age.

ranger

Where do you have this exclusive information from? As far as I know this wimp had to go 26 SPM to do his sub 2:30h marathon...

ranger wrote:

nosmo wrote:Your previous posts indicate some confusion about what power is and what SPI is.

No, they don't.

SPI is not even my concept.

If you want to clarify the concept, talk is PaulS.

ranger

But you are the inventor of OTW SPI.

Come on, don´t be shy and tell us your magic!

ranger wrote: I am pulling 11-12 SPI on the erg and 7 SPI OTW.

My technique is the same with both, and both feel the same in terms of effort expended at the same rate.

...wanted to highlight this just in case anyone missed it - brilliant

I was distracted by the 2K in the fall of 2003, and so didn't even log in the result, but the 17:10 5K that I pulled that year was the fastest 50s 5K--period --just nudging out Martyn Low for the honor. ... RANKING RESULTS 2003 Indoor Rower | Individual and Race Results | 5000m | Men's | Heavyweigh...

What is really interesting is it is the lazy buggers who doubt Freed. Those who do the training like he did do not doubt him at all, because they know it is possible, and they know that it takes hard work to accomplish the type of results that he did -- not whining and complaining, making excuses, ...

At the Head of the Charles this last year, for instance, the 60s race was won in a time that was almost two and half minutes slower than the Open race. That's a gap of 25 seconds per 500m. ranger Just a little hint: I do not know how time works the RangerWorld but in the real world two and a half m...