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I couldn't see your picture without accepting cookies....but stuff you should perhaps be aware of if not already. The erg and PM5 is a very accurate measure of the work that you are doing. This is expressed in either pace or watts. There is also the potential to display calories, but this is at best...

While hesitant to put my head above the parapit in this, I take a different view to both. Mike set out clearly above his history and contribution to the sport - most of which is known to those of us who were around in the last millenia. Its a hugely strong position - unrivalled knowledge, reseach, a...

Although PPs named Beginner/2k/5k they can all be effective for everyone from newbie to erging god - as indeed Pete was in his prime and still is in age group! I’m curious about how one is designated an “erging god”. Is it based on objective performance, or merely hyperbole? Ha! My text so definiti...

All plans can be effective for everyone as they're generally progressive with repeat cycles of the same workouts. I found PPs 3 week cycle too short for me to have time to adapt so made up my own extra similar pieces and cycle over 6 weeks instead. Although PPs named Beginner/2k/5k they can all be e...

Ummm - No! Which Pete Plan is it you want? Beginner? 2k? 5k? You'll have seen Pete's blog site which contans all of the plans https://thepeteplan.wordpress.com/5k-training/ The 5k plan is set out very similarly to a std spreadsheet. The others are similar but slightly less detailed. I'm guessing you...

And it would mean you can set up a 30r20 with 30 splits, do 29 at r21 and the last one on r20 to get an overall of r20? So get a PM5 average of 20 for 629 strokes... Yep. That was my starting assertion, but I didn't know then that it had to be done with specific splits. Its what Cam Buchan openly t...

Or do I need to run the ergdata app 'live' while I row, for the data to be captured correctly? Welcome Lou - well done on getting the erg and starting - a lifetime of fun (!) ahead. I'm not sure I could answer all of your Questions individually and keep it cohesive so, yes to the above question, an...

After some feedback on the below data, woke up and decided to try 21000 mtrs. Thoughts? Time 1:57:25.6 Distance 21000 m Ave. Pace 2:47.7 1500m Target Pace 2:50.0/500m Ave. Stroke Rate 17 s/m Target Stroke Rate 26 s/m Ave. Power 74 watt Drag Factor 118 First thought why 21k and not 21097m to get a s...

OK...we've got there. I did 399 strokes in 20 mins with 2 min splits and got r20 in every split and an r20 overall result. I did 399 strokes in 20 mins with 1 min splits and got r20 in 19 splits, an r19 in the last split and an r19 overall result. So we now know: 19.5 rounds up not down. You can "ga...

You can see literally perfect form here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-0jysUA9E4&list=PLts5qblBk_b7VfhIZHEcQ4yfs4u6Jfd1D&index=5&t=528s . Really? Its certainly very good, but I'd say the finish was too high on the body and leads to cocked wrists which is very weak, wasteful, and threatening inj...

Apologies for continuing to hyjack your thread Neil - but I can't help myself! :roll: So I had another go at the rating thing - and I think both Sascha and I are correct in what we suggested. Today I tried 398 strokes - gave r20; and 397 strokes gave r19. But I think its more subtle than I realised ...

I often see that the end screen of the PM5 (when you have not pressed the menu button for saving yet) shows a finish time, which then is rounded up by a tenth of a second in the log, when you pressed menu to store it. But I never saw that this stored time in the PM5 differed from the log in the log...

This time stopped after the last 15s counter stroke What do you mean with the bold marked part? You stopped rowing 15s before the 10min timer elapsed? That could be different to rowing until the end with the same amount of strokes. Yes exactly that. Erging at r20 accurately is easyish given the 1 s...

And probably no need to worry about it. To be in the true sense of the challenge, its 600 strokes and IMO that's your target. But the way the PM is programmed it rounds down. r21 would be 630. 629 or less will give you an r20 in the result. I've seen an elite rower taking advantage of that to max h...

We're all different on gloves (as with everything else!). I've tried various over the years, and by far the best so far have been the Crewstop Paddlers https://thecrewstop.com/products/paddlers?srsltid=AfmBOorTxWgM2Kg4vZHcJvbS-7NTN8fnj3URgJEDY7nOTCjP4-NSEhyw They're a bit of a pain to put on (partic...